When Jesus wept, the falling tear in mercy flowed beyond all bound. When Jesus groaned, a trembling fear seized all the guilty world around. Sometimes life is so hard, all we can do is sing
We’ve been studying the Gospel of Luke for the past several weeks, and a number of the scripture texts have been Jesus talking about money: How to use it, how not to use it, what
Jesus always says the most inconvenient things. Have you ever noticed that? “If anyone would come after me, let them deny themselves, take up their cross daily and follow Me.” (Luke 9:23) Then there’s last
Jim and the choir forbade me from including the song I REALLY wanted us to sing today. They said it was too… funereal. The rolled their eyes and grimaced when they practiced it. I just
Mark Twain once quipped, “A self-made man is like a self-laid egg.” I like that. None of us create ourselves. Eugene Peterson, a wonderful pastor and scholar who has recently passed away, wrote, “We are
Sometimes, a scripture will just hit me the wrong way. That’s what this week’s scripture reading did: When you are invited to a wedding banquet, don’t sit in the place of honor, in case someone
This day marks 400 years since the first arrival of enslaved Africans in English-speaking North America. They landed in late Aug. 1619 in Hampton VA. And the history of America was changed forever. The burdens
“Don’t be like Garfield”? What does that have to do with today’s Scripture reading? According to the cartoon that adorns this week’s bulletin cover, Garfield was aware of the great needs around him, but he
So here we are headed towards summer’s finish line. It’s the first week in August and what wonderful holiday do we have to look forward to his month you ask? Well, let’s see... January we
The Lord’s Prayer shows up twice in the Gospels. The one we all know and say every week is in Matthew. It’s longer, and has more detail. The one we don’t say every week is
