Reformation Sunday
The last Sunday in October each year is marked by many Protestant Christian traditions as “Reformation Sunday”. It’s a “back to basics” day of sorts, as we remember our tradtion’s roots in the Protestant Reformation of the 1500s, which reclaimed for its time the centrality of scripture, grace, and Christ himself. On this day we celebrate the heart of our faith: the gospel—that is, “good news”—made known in Jesus Christ that it is God’s grace and God’s grace alone, rather than anything we ourselves must or even can do, that makes us free! We also remember that “ecclesia reformata semper reformanda est”: the church Reformed must be the church always reform_ing_ according to the Word of God.
This weekend, our own Sharlene Jonasson leads us in worship while Pastor Matt is away, and we hear the story of Jesus giving sight to Bartimaeus, who had been blind. How and to what shall we have our own “eyes” opened by Jesus?