In our worship today we continued our study of the day-to-day practice of faith and our search for true faith and belief, within the bounds of orthodoxy and the possibilities provided by God. Our lesson from Exodus was the first description of what we now know as the Passover Feast and how Israel prepared itself […]
As we continue our journey this Epiphany season we are invited to spend time reflecting on how God is being made clearer to us day by day. Sometimes clarity comes, like Jesus shows us, through a simple direct statement “the promise made by the prophets has been completed in me” and other times, like we […]
Worship and scripture peaked our interest this morning. We covered the ground from Job still demanding an audience with God – even though he knew he could never find God; to a reminder that God isn’t simply something from back then – rather that God and God’s spirit are vibrant and active in the world […]
In worship, we heard the prologue to Job’s story and the second interaction with ha-satan (the accuser) and God. We also heard the writer of Hebrews remind his audience that the truth is found at their formation (and at the formation of all creation). Mark did speak about divorce and the children being welcome and […]
Happy celebration of the Day of Pentecost. What a glorious day to gather to worship and to celebrate the remembrance of the day the disciples recognized the Holy Spirit among them. In church we heard a recounting of the coming of the Holy Spirit to the 120 gathered and how the Holy Spirit helped the […]
In worship we sang songs to welcome the resurrection and heard scripture read that affirmed that God acted, acts, and will act in our lives. This was affirmed in the Resurrection of Jesus and the intimate relationship between God and humanity. God allows humans to reach out and touch him so we can be assured […]
We realized, in a way, that the difficulty of conflicting grading standards isn’t a newfound condition. Paul began by “bragging” that he had everything then came to realize that all he had was worse than trash when compared to real life in Jesus. Sometimes we do forget the promise made by God in relationship with […]
Today we heard three “vamps” on the phrase “be holy as I, the Lord, am holy…” (or perfect instead of holy). We wonder what it means to be holy, especially in a world where holiness isn’t always embraced. Our gospel today, a portion at the close of the Sermon on the Mount, is troubling and […]