Church of the Resurrection, Merced

05/31/2026

As part of our Trinity Sunday programming, we offer this theological lesson.

The problem with using analogies to explain the Holy Trinity is that you always end up confessing some ancient heresy.Let the patron saint of the Irish show ...

05/31/2026

05/10/2026

Today's Reflection on the Lectionary is up on our website

Today’s gospel starts out abruptly. “If you love me, you will keep my commandments“. It’s a somewhat daunting start. But that’s only because this is the continuation of the discussion we read last week. Both are part of Jesus’s teaching of his disciples at the Last Supper. It’s a long ...

05/04/2026

Today's Reflection on the Lectionary is up on our website

Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe. This prayer from the psalmists reflects what we all seek: a safe place to live.

05/02/2026

Our service on Sunday, May 3 will be at 3 PM instead of our usual time of 1:30.

04/27/2026

Today's Reflection on the Lectionary is up on our website.

This Sunday is often known as Good Shepherd Sunday, as we explore what it means to have a shepherd and what it means to be sheep. It’s worth starting with some basic facts. In Jesus’ time — and that of the psalmist — a shepherd was not a high status person. It was often a child: David was th...

04/19/2026

We are delighted to welcome Bishop Greg!

04/13/2026

Today's Reflection on the Lectionary is up on our website.

Every year, on the Sunday after Easter the lectionary gives us this account from John’s gospel of Thomas. He is generally known by his role in this story, as “doubting Thomas”.

03/22/2026

Today's Reflection on the Lectionary is up on our website.

The Lord says to Ezekiel, “Mortal, can these bones live?” The answer is, of course, yes. The Lord causes the bones to be knit together, and eventually to breathe. And then the Lord has Ezekiel tell the people of Israel, “I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves“. Thi...

03/09/2026

Today's Reflection on the Lectionary is up on our website.

The Israelites were quarreling and unhappy. They’d left Egypt, and were in the “wilderness”, a desert. There was no water. They quarreled with Moses. Why had he taken them from Egypt into this unforgiving land, where they and their livestock would die of thirst.