2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 From Privilege to Welcome. I am not sure I like that theme! It has been disconcerting and unsettling to work with that theme, that contrast this week. Maybe because it is too personal, it hits too close to home. But it is important to take this theme seriously. […]
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Isaiah 55:1-9; Luke 13:1-9 Maybe you have heard of the 6-word story challenge. Apparently, as the story goes, author Ernest Hemingway was having lunch with some of his writer friends. He bet them that he could write a full story using only 6 words. After his friends put their money down on the table,
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Psalm 27:1-6; Luke 13:31-35 So… here I am, preaching from home on video with my phone. This was not my plan. But earlier this week, both Rachel and I tested positive for Covid 19 and are isolating. What I really should say, is that we have Covid 19, what that test really means. I
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Scripture: Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Luke 4:1-13 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” As Maya mentioned, this is the theme verse for our Lent
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2021 Guided Scripture Reflection – AGM Sunday Matthew 14:22-33 At last year’s AGM we looked back at the year 2020. It was the year the Global Pandemic began, a pandemic that surprised us and shook us to the core. Everything was different, including how we did church. We moved to on-line worship and
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Scripture: Matthew 13:24-35 So what about weeds? Well – I don’t know about your experience, but my relationship with weeds depends a lot on where we are in the growing season. We have a good-sized garden plot in the backyard that we plant with vegetables every year – potatoes, beans, tomatoes, peas, cucumber, squash,
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