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Sep 16, 2022
Good Mourning
#Mourning and #grief are underrated collections of emotions. Way too often we suppress our grief and/or avoid it altogether. Men are...
Sep 8, 2022
Attitude Check
Many times I have heard the first of the #Beatitudes interpreted purely in terms of #humility and I have interpreted it that way myself....
Sep 2, 2022
Now Count the Cost
Following the path of Jesus may begin with saying, "Yes," and then it continues to an ever-deepening self examination and self surrender....
Aug 26, 2022
Begin with Humility
As I sat pondering the passages for this weekend, I could not hope but notice a recurring theme of humility. Honor can only come from the...
Aug 19, 2022
Chosen
There is a lovely passage of scripture about being called and chosen in the writings of Jeremiah, near the beginning. I have heard used...
Aug 11, 2022
Division
We always expect Jesus to be bringing things together and this story does not bode well for that expectation. In this story Jesus...
Aug 4, 2022
Wake Up!
For a fair portion of my life, I was not a morning person! Even now I suspect I am not a morning person though I get my most focused work...
Jul 22, 2022
We Need Each Other
When we read in Matthew about measuring our faith by how we treat the "least of these," those who are sick and imprisoned and hungry and...
Jul 15, 2022
Life Isn't Either/Or
Busy? Martha gets that. This Sunday, we will look at Luke 10:38-42 and learn how Jesus' visit to Martha's home creates questions for her...
Jul 9, 2022
Commandments
Presented with the commandments in Deuteronomy, the Israelites struggle to figure out if they can live into those commandments. The...
Jul 1, 2022
Seeking Wholeness
The prophet Elisha has taken over in the work of Elijah. A request for healing comes to the king of Israel form a rival king and leads to...
Jun 23, 2022
The Prophet's Apprentice: Elisha
Sometimes in the Hebrew Bible, prophets arise independently, called out by God alone. Sometimes there is a passing along of the prophetic...
Jun 17, 2022
Runaway Prophet
At the height of his work, Elijah runs away into the desert. Sometimes I think I understand where he was coming from. He had given his...
Jun 9, 2022
"Get Up;Jesus is Calling You."
Sunday we are exploring Jesus' transition from daily ministry to Jerusalem. While the transition itself is important, on the way out of...
Jun 3, 2022
Spirit Connection
This Sunday is a day in the church year called Pentecost, a day to celebrate when the “church” became the church with an outpouring of...
May 28, 2022
Finding Hope in a Stressed Out World
This Sunday is Ascension Sunday in which Jesus was carried up into heaven. And this week we were reminded again of the tragic pain and...
May 19, 2022
The Journey Home
In John 14, Jesus describes the Holy Spirit being with us. This presence of God in our lives is key to that relationship. This happens,...
May 12, 2022
You Be You
In the end of John's gospel, Simon becomes concerned about the disciple Jesus loved. Jesus tells him not to worry about the "beloved...
May 5, 2022
More than These
After breakfast on the beach with Jesus, Simon has a conversation where Jesus asks him about love. "Do you love me more than these?" Why...
Apr 28, 2022
A Beach Breakfast
Jesus appears to the disciples several times, first to Mary in the garden, then to most of the guys that evening, and then a week later...
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