‘giving thanks in the shadow of the cross…’ November 24, 2019 Scriptures: Luke 1:68-79, Luke 23:33-43 The lectionary readings for today are curious in that they include two gospel readings from the gospel of Luke, one of which recounts the very beginning of Jesus’ life and the other that looks at the very end. […]
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…how well have you loved? November 10, 2019 Scripture: Luke 20:27-38 How well have we loved? We each have but one life in which to love…one life to learn and to practice the art of truly loving another as Jesus instructed…one life, to spend more time getting this one thing right, than not…for it is in loving
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‘small man, small church…same, same’ November 3, 2019 Scripture: Luke 19:1-10 Our scripture today is from Luke’s gospel account in Chapter 19, verses 1-10. As I have done before, I would like to share the reading in the form of a story… And so it was one day, that Jesus was traveling through the
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‘persistent prayer…’ October 20, 2019 Scripture: Luke 18:1-8 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and
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‘seek the welfare of the city…’ October 13, 2019 Scripture: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. Thus
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‘…do good, be generous, and share’ September 29, 2019 Scripture Readings:1 Timothy 6:11-12, 17-19, Luke 16:19-31 I just loved the reading from 1st Timothy today as it seemed to sum up all that we must do as representatives of our faith in our daily walk through life. It seemed as though if we could just
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‘…it’s who we are’ September 15, 2019 Scripture: Luke 15:1-10 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and
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‘in the end…’ September 8, 2019 Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-10 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel. The vessel he was making of clay was
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‘coming home…’ September 1, 2019 Scripture: Luke 15:11-24 (GNT) Jesus went on to say, “There was once a man who had two sons. The younger one said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the property now.’ So the man divided his property between his two sons. After a few days the younger son sold his part
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…no justice, no peace know justice, know peace… August 18, 2019 Scripture: Luke 12:49-56 In truth, this is almost an impossible scripture, and one often avoided by me if not by many in trying to figure out just what Jesus was seeking to convey with these most difficult words. I think most of us have
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