Our readings today focused on teaching and knowing God. Most of our knowledge of God comes through Scripture – not always because the Scripture adequately describes God, but because Scripture provides insight into the person of God. Our Hebrew Scripture writer, Jeremiah, was trying to convince Israel that – while they were all going to […]
While the readings shared a common focus on the phenomenon of the Lament there was a thread in the gospel and the collect of the day that spoke to faith and being stewards of God’s bounty. As Bishop Holly reminded us today, our fear often keeps us from being faithful in our dealing with God. […]
Our scripture today took us on a journey of hope – where we find our hope, why we should have hope, and the assurance we have that God is trustworthy now and in the future because God has been trustworthy in our past. We were reminded that it is in relationships and simplicity that true […]
Today we heard the writer of the First letter to Timothy talk about prayer: for whom we should pray and how we should pray. We considered that our life on earth is defined by power and power differential. We impact God’s active power in the world through our prayer; prayer has as much power as […]