Thank you to Dr. Claude Jager-Rubinson for preaching today. Claude is a member of Houston Mennonite Church and an Associate Professor of Sociology at University of Houston Downtown.   Scripture Reading Romans 8:6-11 Hymn  Jesus Calls Us (VT #30)   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite  Website: https://houstonmennonite.org 

Opening our lives to the way of Jesus brings restored sight, and creates a new life in us.   Scripture Reading John 9:1-41 Hymn  Praise to the Lord the Almighty (VT #88)   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite  Website: https://houstonmennonite.org 

The story of Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well is a stark contrast to the story of Nicodemus. Scripture Reading Genesis 12:1-4a; John 3:1-17 Hymn  Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (VT #606)   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite  Website: https://houstonmennonite.org 

Jesus, you have come to put the world right, to give life to the dead, and to call into existence a people born from above. Scripture Reading Genesis 12:1-4a; John 3:1-17 Hymn  Come What May (VT #768) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite  Website: https://houstonmennonite.org 

Lent is a season of testing. Testing is the theme of the Genesis and Matthew texts. The 40 days of Lent correspond to Jesus's 40 days of testing in the wilderness. Two questions lie at the heart of our testing: What do we really want? Who are we?   Scripture Reading Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Matthew 4:1-11 Hymn  You Shall go Out with Joy (VT #847)   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite  Website: https://houstonmennonite.org 

What is the light I follow as I seek truth about ultimate things? Only Jesus? Where else do I turn for enlightenment? Scripture Reading Matthew 17:1-9 Hymn  Jesus on the Mountain Peak (VT #301)   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite  Website: https://houstonmennonite.org 

A fresh look at the Beatitudes Scripture Reading Matthew 5:1-12 Hymn  All people that on Earth do Dwell (VT #5)   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite  Website: https://houstonmennonite.org 

The message of God's Reign calls for wholehearted allegiance and sometimes severing of old relationships and securities. It puts people to following the way of Jesus, the one whose person and ministry embody God's Reign.  Scripture Reading Matthew 4:12-23 Hymn  I Bind My Heart This Tide (VT#556) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite Website: https://houstonmennonite.org

Spiritual insight is a gift. Discovering one's true identity and purpose brings a healing and joy that cannot be contained as well as the painful realization of brokenness.   Scripture Reading Isaiah 49:1-7 Hymn  Come and Fill Our Hearts (VT #52)   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite Website: https://houstonmennonite.org

The light of Jesus Christ is a bright beacon for humankind, a light shining in the darkness and a way into a bright future for all of creation.    Scripture Reading Ephesians 3:1-12 and Matthew 2:1-12   Hymn  In the Beginning (VT #270)   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite Website: https://houstonmennonite.org