6 Marks of discipleship:Giving

November 25th, 20182 Chronicles 31:2-7Hebrews 7:1-10Matthew 6:19-24 Giving for a disciple is out of gratitude, not obligation. Giving for a disciple is an attitude of gratitude of response to God for what God has first given. The attitude of response for a disciple, is to give in a free willed loving response to a gracious … [Read more…]

6 Marks of discipleship:Spiritual Friendship

11-18-20182 Corinthians 6:14-18Acts 2:42-47John 1:1-7

Where do you put your faith?

This was published in the Dakota Star, October of 2018. Author is Kris Dill If you ever saw the 1974 Christmas movie “Miracle on 34th Street”, the then young actress Natalie Wood has a line that defines faith.  “Faith is believing in something, when common sense tells you not to.” When I first heard that … [Read more…]

Come as children

Sunday, September 23, 2018 | After Pentecost Proper 20 Year B  Old Testament  Jeremiah 11:18–20 New Testament James 3:13–4:3, 4:7–8a Gospel Mark 9:30–37  Revised Common Lectionary (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009).

It’s about a loving response

August 26th 2018 Psalm 14Isaiah 29:11-19Ephesians 5:22-33Mark 7:1-13

The Scapegoat

August 12th 2018 Leviticus 16:1-10, 20-26 Mark 14:22-25 John 3:16-17