Service on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100064617886792/videos/27391871200483206 Our reading this morning moves from Esther’s accusation of Haman in chapter 7 to the institution of Purim in chapter 9. Clean. Tidy. A villain exposed, a feast declared, joy commanded
Before we get to chapter four, we need a running start, because Esther doesn’t open quietly. There’s a king named Xerxes who throws himself a six-month party — drinking, mostly, capped by a week-long display
We've spent a few weeks now in Ruth's house — in Naomi's grief, in Bethlehem's barley fields, on that threshing floor at midnight that made some of you blush a little. And now we land
reshing floor at night — alone. Find the man after he's eaten and drunk and lying down. Uncover his feet. Lie down. And wait. If someone gave you these instructions today, you'd have questions. This
It is important as we continue to consider the life, the story of Naomi and Ruth that we recognize their vulnerability and the precariousness of their situation. A woman's value was connected to her husband
Service on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100064617886792/videos/816790054628725 and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6veE9rP5LU&t=3316s We are just starting in Ruth. The Narrative Lectionary is the order of scripture that begins with creation in the fall, a gospel in the winter, and in the summer
Service on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100064617886792/videos/1863754690971437 and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV0NeU88Rk8 Today we have often called the Birthday of the church. I hear there’s a cake and everything. It’s a celebration–with streamers and balloons. But the gathering of the we read
Service on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100064617886792/videos/2133610620756645 In my first year of college, I started attending a particular campus, Christian organization, probably because it was the one that most people, and people that I knew attended. There were some
Service on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100064617886792/videos/1638972427340119 and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LagMd6broqE We continue in Philippians and here, in chapter 2, is the central theme of Paul’s theology and this letter–Christ, incarnation, and the cross written in verses 6-11. We call it
Service on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100064617886792/videos/858731663909105 and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEtFqQel9IQ We have come to the time of year where we have to deal with Paul. And people who have spent time in the letters of the New Testament tend to
