Lectionary Leanings

1. Christ wants us to BUILD HIS CHURCH2. The Church as a Living Bodya. WE don’t create it… Christ does. i. Isaiah 51:1-2 “look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug. Look to Abraham and to Sarah – for he was but one when I

Friday Five

For this Friday’s Five, share with us five transformations that the coming fall will bring your way. Bonus: Give us your favorite activity that is made possible by the arrival of fall. I’m really gearing up for fall at the church – our big kick off is a week from Sunday! It doesn’t seem possible

bagh!

i got a message today from the conference that the church has not been paying my pension and health insurance (which includes my individual contribution that has been witheld from my paycheck every month). I’m assuming the treasurer just didn’t know it was supposed to be sent in. But it means that we technically have

Lectionary Leanings

“Throw me a bone here!” My local pastors gathering talks about the lectionary a week early, and so last week I came up with the core of my message and my sermon title. Jesus tells the woman he can’t help her because he has a mission… which the text says she isn’t offended by, but

Getting out of the Boat

Sermon Text: Romans 10:5-15, Matthew 14:22-33Hymns for the Day: Many Gifts, One Spirit; You Are Mine; Here I am, Lord Some mornings I feel very inadequate standing up here. It’s not that I’m unprepared, or unqualified in the worldly sense… it’s that I’m unprepared and unqualified in the godly sense. Who really is ready for