I was able to attend service back at my home church last weekend. This was very exciting for our family. The surroundings just exhilarated us. The hair on my arms began to stand up and I got a tingle inside of me. I just knew the Spirit was there and active. Then when the songs … [Read more…]
Audio Link Acts 17:22–31 1 Peter 3:13–22 John 14:15–21 These days we often hear about conserving our resources. Stay with renewable resources. Only use what we have the most of and conserve the rest. When God created the heavens and the earth, God gave dominion over the earth to humanity. This was first to Adam … [Read more…]
As I have been reading the texts this week out of the Revised Common Lectionary in preparation for the upcoming sermon, I have been listening to music in the background. A song that I used in a sermon a couple of months ago, more as a side note, keeps coming up for me to hear. … [Read more…]
I have started a new practice of reading a Psalm every morning. I choose from different versions of Bibles. Sometimes the NRSV, The Message and I choose others as well. I am very fortunate to have Logos Bible Software and have so many Bibles available to me. Today I was looking at Psalm 4 from … [Read more…]
Audio Link Acts 2:42–47 Psalm 23:1-6 1 Peter 2:19–25 John 10:1–11 Who or what is life giving? In all reality, there is only one thing that is life giving, isn’t there? We as Christians would say God incarnate, Jesus the Christ, the Word who has been before the beginning and is still here today, is … [Read more…]
Audio Link Acts 2:14a Acts 2:36–41 Psalm 116:1–4 Psalm 116:12–19 1Peter 1:17–23 John 20:19–31 I have secrets and do not care to share them. I have had secrets that I dare not share at the time. Some secrets we have may be related to self-perception. Some related to others perception of us. Some are grounded … [Read more…]
He has risen! What a great season to be in, the church year of Easter and the season of spring. Both offer life in their coming. Spring, we begin to see the awaking of life that has been dormant over winter. Yes, this long long long long … [Read more…]
The light has come back into the world. Our hope has been realized in our death in Christ and our life in the resurrection.
He was taken from us, why did this happen!? God, Jesus said He was Your Son. If that were so, then why did You let Him die? Why God, why have you forsaken Your Son? If Him, then what about us? Jesus, King of the Jews, Son of man, Son of the living God, has … [Read more…]
Jesus of Nazareth has been taken from us! We just broke bread together and shared in drink. Now He has been betrayed and taken away. We are scattered and scared, not knowing what will come of this. We are in silence, in hiding for our own fear of what will happen next. Will they punish … [Read more…]