From Rev Gals: “I have recently been reading a book entitled Jesus wept, it is all about vulnerability in leadership. The authors speak of how Jesus shared his earthly frustrations and vulnerabilities with a select group of people. To some he was the charismatic leader and teacher, to others words of wisdom were opened and…
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Weekly Lectionary Reflection
** I’m giving up on my other blog where I only post lectionary reflections… my life, the life of the church, and the texts are not seperate – they all intertwine, so they might as well on my blog too! ** I’m quite far behind this week, as far as sermon preparation goes. I’m increasingly…
it’s going to be a long week.
Even though this should be a short week, due to Labor Day, it has only just begun to be long. I was at the church at 7:00 this morning to work on the church newsletter, which I had forgot I wouldn’t have time to print on Monday since I would be relaxing at home. And…
A is for Acceptance
I told all of you last week that we were going to spend this fall exploring what the scriptures tell us about how to be the church. And so today we start at the very beginning – just like all of those kids heading off to kindergarten for the first time, we are going to…
Lectionary Leanings
I’m beginning a sort of series at the church – each week is one way that we are called to be the church. I’m tying in very loosly “I Am who I am” with “Who do you say that I am” from last week and the fact that although Peter gets that Jesus is the…
glued to the tv
so, for the last two weeks I’ve spent time watching the olympics and now I’m glued to the television watching the democratic national convention. This isn’t a pulpit, so i’m going to take the liberty to share some of my political views =) i was amazed tonight to see Senator Harkin and former Representative Leech…
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seriously… the sheep on the left was me this past week. I think I said that exact sentence.
Hammers and Nails
This morning, I want to tell you a story about a carpenter who worked for his father’s construction company. One day his dad called Junior into the office and said, “Junior, I’m putting you in charge – total and complete charge – of the next house that we build. I want you to over see…