Grace Anglican Church Gastonia, NC

Fr. Jeremiah Caughran Coming to and Believing the Bread from Heaven, John 6.37-51 Download Jesus continues teaching the crowds after feeding them with bread and fish. He gives attention to the reality that coming and believing Jesus are connected to being given and drawn to Jesus by the Father and that he will receive all who come because he is the bread of life that gives his flesh to the world....

Fr. Jeremiah Caughran True Bread of God, John 6.25-34 Download Jesus confronts the crowds after feeding them with the reality that they are seeking him, not for the life that he can bring, but simply because he gave them an abundance of bread. How often do we do the same? How should we respond to this one who can give to us the bread of life through himself? Image: unknown artist. no known copyrig...

Fr. Jeremiah Caughran Jesus Manifested in the Crisis, Mark 6.45-52 Download When Jesus sends the disciples out to cross the Sea of Galilee, they find themselves struggling against a strong headwind. Why does Jesus come to them walking upon the sea? How does this reveal who Jesus is? How do we respond to Jesus in the middle of our own crises? Image: Jesus Walks on the Sea , Gustave Doré, Public dom...

Fr. Jeremiah Caughran Mercy Will Prevail, Mark 6.30-44, Isaiah 57.14-21 Download Christ’s feeding of the five thousand reveals to us the mercy of God toward us in our deepest needs. God has promised throughout Scripture that he will show forth his mercy and he does so such that it is right to say that his almighty power is chiefly declared through his mercy. Image: Christ Feeding the Five Thousand...

Fr. Jeremiah Caughran The Foundation of Christ's Work and Us, Psalm 85 Download In Psalm 85, we hear of the the graciousness of God toward Israel, and then a confession for a continual need for that grace and kindness from God. How does this reveal our need for Christ and his work? Where does salvations start? Does it start with me or does it start with the foundation laid by Christ’s suffering, d...

Fr. Jeremiah Caughran Rejected but not Hindered, Mark 6.2-6 Download When Jesus returns to his hometown, he finds a not very friendly welcome. What does this tell us about our response to rejection. What does it tell us about our own rejections of Jesus in our daily lives? Image: Christ Healing a Leper, by Rembrandt van Rijn. Public Domain. Image location: https://picryl.com/media/christ-healing-a...

Fr. Jeremiah Caughran Chaos Inside Overcome by Jesus Outside, Mark 5.22-43 Download When Jesus encounters the results of chaos from the inside of us, what does he do? Does he scoff or ignore it? Or does he act against it in order to bring to us inward and outward healing? Father Jeremiah looks at Mark 5 and a story with two healings dealing with chaos from the inside. Image: The Raising of the Dau...