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Continue ReadingSermon September 16, 2012 – Who Am I?
James 3: 1- 12 The letter of James shows one of the church’s early pastors skillfully going about his work of confronting, diagnosing, and dealing with areas of misbelief and misbehavior that had turned up in congregations committed to his care. Deep and living wisdom is on display here, wisdom both rare and essential. Wisdom […]
Continue ReadingSept. 9, 2012 – Getting a leg up in a challenging world: To cheat or not to cheat?
September 9, 2012 September 9, 2012 Proverbs 22: 1-2, 8-9, 22-23 Both of our readings today come from ancient Israel. In that era, Jews had no concept of the afterlife in their belief system. What would live on after death was one’s reputation. One’s name was considered far more precious than wealth. It […]
Continue ReadingA study in contrasts
Today’s readings are a wonderful example of how confusing contradictory scripture can be. Song of Solomon 2: 8-13 We are about to hear a passage that has nothing to do with the law or sacred history. The people who collected the books of scripture into what we have as the Bible argued for centuries about […]
Continue ReadingSermon – I’m not perfect and that’s okay with God.
Many Bible scholars call the reading from 2 Samuel assigned for today’s worship as ‘sanitized’. Skipping verses 6-8 significant. These verses speak about David’s brutal capture of Jerusalem to make it his capital once he became king of Israel and Judah. Most of us carry our Sunday School picture of David in our heads: a […]
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Have you ever been so sick that you have felt desperate? Have you ever been so frustrated with the situation that you will do anything to force a change? The flip side of these questions is to ask ourselves what it means to be well, to feel whole, and to trust. What does it take […]
Continue ReadingLive quietly and persistently good in the face of those who try to change me.
Have you ever felt like God had deserted you in the hardest moments of your life? Most people have, including the disciples. So, what does it take to be quietly faithful through all the ups and downs of life in a world that is not particularly caring? 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 In this passage Paul […]
Continue ReadingSeedy Beginnings
Scripture Reading – Mark 4: 26-34 In the reading from Mark we find that Jesus addresses his disciples and the crowds in parables. In our reading this morning Jesus uses parables to explain about the ‘kingdom of God’. 26Then Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is like seed thrown on a field by a man 27who then goes […]
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I have been very blessed to be here at Windsor Park United. One of the things I like best is that Sharon challenges me to think in new ways. Today is one of those days, so we will be doing something different, at least for me. Alex will do the reading and the meditation will […]
Continue ReadingSometimes the best answers leave us more confused than before.
Trinity Sunday Communion We are about to hear one of the most familiar and best loved stories in the Bible about the purpose of Jesus in the world. These verses are complicated and present a host of unresolved issues. The ambiguity that fills these verses feeds the reminder to all believers in every age that […]
Continue ReadingSo what is the Holy Spirit… and should I care?
This is Pentecost Sunday when we celebrate the birth of the Christian Church. Today our scriptures tell the story of the Holy Spirit. For those closest to Jesus, this gift had huge implications. They needed assurance that Jesus wasn’t abandoning them. They wondered how they could move forward in life without him. Too often in […]
Continue ReadingChurch versus the world: The ongoing struggle
Ephesians 1: 15-23 The letter of Paul to the Ephesians is a letter that was written to a group of churches that were not founded by Paul himself. This letter was written while Paul was under arrest and therefore he was not able to visit them himself. This letter calls Christians back to the basis […]
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