| Sunday |
Sunday Theme |
Gospel Theme |
Creation Themes |
Reflections
|
Other
|
| Easter
2
|
"joyful faith and confident
hope" |
Doubting Thomas |
precipitation
cycle rain dew
Sub-Theme:
all life on earth depends on moisture
of some kind |
|
|
| Easter
3 |
"response of thanksgiving
for salvation" |
Road to Emmaus |
flowing
water, rivers/streams
redeeming love flows from God like a stream
Sub-Theme:
life as a journey
OR the effluent of our lives impacts others |
|
|
| Easter
4 |
Good Shepherd Sunday |
The Good Shepherd |
lakes
and seas/oceans
God/Jesus is the Good Shepherd for all creation, not just
humans
Sub-Theme:
oceans as heat and CO2
sinks |
|
|
| Easter
5 |
"deliverance from [our]
enemies" |
Jesus is the way, truth, life |
water
as integral to life social injustice of water inequity
Sub-Theme:
ecosystems/interdependency of habitat
zones
"living stones"
wars, poverty, subsistence all threatened by human action |
|
|
| Easter
6 |
"resurrection
as God's call to those trapped in idolatry" |
[God] will give an
Advocate |
groundwater/wells
Sub-Theme:
how bottled water is depleting natural
water supplies and creating false sense of security |
|
|
| Easter
7 |
"those who trust
in God recall the former deliverance" |
'so that they may be one' |
our cleanliness/footwashing
Sub-Theme:
humans can be the enemy of the
rest of creation |
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