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... I wonder if Jesus’ movements – overturning tables and driving out people – were not just enacted parables, but prayer, … and both efforts at teaching! Mark 11:15-18 March 1, 2026 Dr. Todd R. Wright Holy Week is now well underway. The donkey is back in the barn. The fig tree is cursed and withered. Tears have been shed over the Holy City and its inhabitants. And Mark says that Jesus entered the Temple. Well, of course he did! He and thousands of other pilgrims had come to

Holy Week begins with a parade – Jesus entering Jerusalem on a borrowed donkey to the cheers of a crowd shouting Hosanna! Matthew 21:18-22 and Luke 19:41-44 February 22, 2026 Dr. Todd R. Wright Holy Week begins with a parade – Jesus entering Jerusalem on a borrowed donkey to the cheers of a crowd shouting Hosanna! Billy Collins captures the mood in the opening lines of his poem “The Parade”: “How exhilarating it was to march along the great boulevards in the sunflash of trump

So how would you fill in the blank in the sermon title? The transfiguration of … Jesus, right? “Transfiguration”, giclée art print on canvas of modern icon by Ivanka Demchuk Exodus 24:12-18 and Matthew 17:1-9 February 15, 2026 Dr. Todd R. Wright Welcome to the end of the season of Epiphany – nearly 8 weeks of light and illumination! Welcome back to the mountain-top – that place where God is regularly encountered! Welcome to Transfiguration Sunday! Do you remember how in schoo

Just, you are salt and light! “Circle of Light” by Carol Aust Matthew 5:13-20 February 8, 2026 Dr. Todd R. Wright Who are you? We could all answer that question in a multitude of ways. I’m a … son, husband, father, and now, grandfather; pastor and part-time lifeguard; Rotarian, PWV committee chair, and occasional volunteer at Habitat and Common Grounds; Appalachian Trail and Camino de Santiago hiker, swimmer, kayaker, juggler; an introvert, an optimist, a dreamer, a creative