Next Week: Scriptures for April 24 are Amos 5:21-26 and 1 John 4:7-21.

Texts for the lectionary insert are Acts 5:27-32 and John 20:19-31.

Daily Prayer: Whether I kneel or stand or sit in prayer,

I am not caught in time nor held in space,

but thrust beyond this posture I am where

time and eternity come face to face;

infinity and space mee in this place

where crossbar and high upright hold the one

in agony and in all Love's embrace.

The power in helplessness that was begun

when all the brilliance of the flaming sun

contained itself in the small confines of a child

now comes to me in this strange action done

in mystery. Break me, break space, O wild

and lovely power. Break me: thus I am dead,

am resurrected now in wine and bread.                       - Madeleine L'Engle

Questions for the Week: What personality trait did you get from your father? What about from your mother? What do we learn about the relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in this passage? What is the connection between God's love for us and the love we are to have for others? How can you go about loving others without fear?