A Time of Anticipation

Posted on September 8, 2011

September is a time of anticipation and undertaking. Rally Day inaugurates a new Sunday School year. Students and teachers alike embrace fresh learning and opportunities to grow together. The Senior Choir, Children’s Choir, and Bell Choir begin their practices, the fruits of their dedication sure to bless God, and us, again and again. As the » Read More

Granting Prayer

Posted on July 7, 2011

“The LORD granted Isaac’s prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. The children struggled together within her and she said, “If it is to be this way, why do I live?” – Genesis 25:21a-22 Philip Ratner’s sculpture, “Birth of Jacob and Esau”, offers a powerful image of what we might call “original rivalry”. As the firstborn » Read More

Jesus Loves the Hell Out of Us

Posted on May 5, 2011

An Eastertide Message John 20:19-31 It was a big day in heaven, with many folks waiting in line at the pearly gates. Peter stood at the entrance checking credentials, making sure each newcomer’s name was in the Lamb’s Book of Life. But there was some confusion, because the numbers weren’t adding up. Heaven was overcrowded, » Read More

Let Us Also Go – A Message for Lent

Posted on February 22, 2011

“Let us also go, that we may die with him.” – John 11:16 It felt as though they had escaped Judea by the skin of their teeth. Angry crowds planned to stone Jesus; authorities had repeatedly sought his arrest. As they made their way from Jerusalem, more than one disciple experienced longing visions of the » Read More

Bathed in God’s Grace

Posted on December 29, 2010

Read Matthew 3:13-17. Then imagine yourself in the waters of the Jordan with Jesus at your side. It was time for a bath. That’s what the prophet John was telling us. We were due for a bath not quite like any other. “He’s coming”, the Baptist said. “He’s coming soon. The One we’ve all been » Read More

Saved (Unstuck) by Who Jesus Is

Posted on August 25, 2010

“And he sought to see Jesus, who he is . . . “ – Luke 19:3 The Gospel lesson for the last Sunday in October is the familiar tale of Zacchaeus. Many of us know from Sunday School that “Zacchaeus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he”. The song was a » Read More

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