This morning I put a sign up at the church letting people know that I would be working from home for the next two weeks. The big reason: Ordination Papers. I had originally planned on just getting out of dodge for a full week and going somewhere quiet where no one would bother me. But…
Hebrews Part 4: Jesus the Priest?
I. Introduction A. Talking about who Jesus is – Christology and Atonement B. [SLIDE] Already the book of Hebrews has told us some things about who Jesus is. He was with God before the foundations of the earth. He is the Son of God. And for a time, he was made a little lower than…
FF: Five Songs
When I was a very little girl growing up in Virginia, I never missed a Sunday going to Court Street Baptist Church. But there was something else that made Sundays special, and that was “Davey and Goliath.” Every week the opening strains of the theme song would find me lying on the floor, chin on…
what we owe God…
I’ve been thinking a lot about atonement theories as we journey through the book of Hebrews in worship. Anselm’s understanding of atonement says that we owe an infinite debt to God because we have marred God’s honor. Christ comes and pays that infiinite debt for us. All fine and dandy. Thank you Jesus. But in…
pastoral discoveries
So – my last post kind of cryptically talked about growing and stretching and being challenged and stressed. As I’m wading around in all of that still, I thought it would be good to talk about some of the things that Im learning about what it means to be a pastor in the midst of…
Hebrews Part 3: Milk First, Meat Later
Milk First, Meat Later [SLIDE] As we continue in the book of Hebrews today, we come crashing into the heart of the letter’s Christology. Christology? That’s a pretty big word, you might be thinking. If we break it apart, we find first Christ, and then ology – Christology is what we understand about Jesus Christ.…
breathe in, breathe out
Photo by: Thomas Boulvin My life has been a little bit insane lately. As a pastor, as a wife, as a daughter, as an aunt, as a sister, as a home… well, home-occupier. Every facet of my life has pulled me and stretched me and stressed me out and brought me joy and helped me…
Hebrews Part 2: Cut to the Heart
This morning, I want share with you a little video clip that will become for us a parable about what it means to trust in God’s word. http://www.theworkofthepeople.com/hosting_files/theworkofthepeople.com/content/store/images/preview_video.swf?preview_file=/hosting_files/theworkofthepeople.com/content/store/files/previews/V00444.flv&thumb_file=/hosting_files/theworkofthepeople.com/content/store/files/thumbs/system_thumbs/V00444.jpg If we each took some time, we might each find ourselves relating to one of these characters just a little bit more than others. We could ask…