
Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. —Revelation 1:4-6
How do you feel about
For many of us, time is precious, fleeting, and
The way people today think about time isn’t the way people have
We have constructed an environment in which we live a uniform, univocal secular time which we try to measure and control in order to get things done. —Philosopher Charles Taylor
We talk about time as something to manage, spend, and even
When we’re honest, we know that time is something we have no
We can discern our true priorities when we look at our
Out of Control
In the late first century, Christians in Asia Minor were experiencing
John wrote Revelation as a letter of
Despite their struggles in the
He reminded the church that the Roman Empire was not the
Jesus is not only Lord of Heaven and the church, but of all
Today is Christ the King Sunday, when we remember that Jesus is Lord of all creation.
One of the earliest Christian creeds was “Jesus is
If Jesus is Lord,
No ruler, nation, disaster, system, or circumstance can change the truth the Jesus
Already, and Not Yet
If Jesus is already King, why is the world so
The reign of God begins with Jesus’ resurrection, but it will come in fullness when he
Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. —The United Methodist Book of Worship
The promise of Jesus’ return is that all things will be made
We live between D-day and V-day. The victory is secured, but the war continues a little longer. —Tish Harrison Warren
If we are
A Different Way of Keeping Time
Who is
Christians exist in an alternative chronology. The church has its own time. —Tish Harrison Warren
The
The calendar consists of two cycles of
So the liturgical year is a constant means of grace through which we receive God’s gifts to us. —Worship Scholar James F. White
As we align our calendars to the calendar of the church, we align our lives with the life of
The church’s rhythm reminds us that we are part of a reality much
Action Steps
Listen for God’s leading this week. Change your
Make
Make a plan to spend $1 more on Jesus for his