Live in Love
Many Scripture readings tell us how we are to live, as does today's reading: Ephesians 4:25-5:2. We are to be kind. We are to forgive. We are to live in Love. So may it be.
August 2021
Do We Grumble?
In Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15, we read about the grumbling of the Israelites. They have escaped their lives as slaves in Egypt and are now wandering in the desert. They are hungry, so now those days in Egypt look pretty good – they had food there, [...]
July 2021
We are Called
In Ephesians 4:1-6, we read how Paul wanted his people to live. He used the words humility, gentleness, patience, love and unity. He also used the word call. We’re all called to something. We have received skills, talents, and other gifts to share with others [...]
On the Sacraments
Having freely received the Sacraments from Jesus, the Christ, the Church is morally bound to give them freely to the world to anyone who asks …. Any organization that shuts members or would be members out because they decline to enter a restricted theological cage is [...]
The 23rd Psalm
Many Christian adults look back to their childhood and remember memorizing the 23rd Psalm. “The Lord is my shepherd….” Surprisingly, many of us learned that psalm before the Greatest Commandment. How different the playground may have been had we learned that loving God and our [...]
The Invitiation
In Mark 6:7-13, we read of Jesus sending out his followers. Like them, we too, are to go out to offer our stories and to share our faith. We are to offer an invitation to others. Some of us will use words. Others will use [...]
Like Jesus: Independent and Free Enough to Love
A 4th of July Message: Gospel: Mark 6:1-13 “And they took offense at him.” By the time Jesus arrived in Nazareth, he had been engaged in a very active ministry. He had healed many; he had taught many. He had pulled together his core group, and he [...]
That Which We Will Become
“Jesus Christ knew when He made contact with the Father, He was connected with physical energy and became its transmitter. With whatever we identify our minds, that we become … We can identify ourselves with eternal life at the source and in so doing, become filled [...]
June 2021
CCOA Continuing Education
CCOA has a new continuing education program! November 13: Presentation based on a World Parliament workshop: Is it Universalism or is it White Privilege? , Presenter: +Michael Talbot October 23: Discussion based on the Parliament of the World's Religions Conference August [...]
Faith
As we seem to be headed out of the confusion, the trials, the sorrows of the past months, let us stop to assess how we are doing, and how our faith has been helping us. Decades ago, CCOA founder, Archbishop Herman Adrian Spruit wrote, “It [...]