Have you ever gone on a road trip? On this long weekend, in the middle of winter, with hints of 60-degree weather, a road trip sound nice right about now. A change of scenery, a switch from the routine, a bit of adventure. For my first big road trip, my dad laid out road atlases across the kitchen table and marked our…
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Sermons on 1 Corinthians (Page 3)
Did you know: The human body is miraculously complex,With 60 million cells,With 36 million heart beats every year,With 300 billion red cells produced every day,With 60,000 miles of blood vessels in each body.And in order to make this marvelous body you and I are inhabiting continue to function, we need to different parts to work together! From the pinky toe to the…
Earlier this month, I got a flat tire from a tear in the sidewall. Without a spare tire in my car (hybrids use that space for a battery), I relied on the next best option. As I was waiting for Triple A to come and tow my car, there was a parade of generous people who came by happy to share their…
Do Luke: Authenticator of the Miracles and Message of Jesus “Matthew, Mark, Luke and John”, when Christians hear these four names, most automatically think of the Gospel writers. Scholars believe the Gospels were written between 40 and 90 AD, the hastening factor being the death of eyewitnesses, the first generation of Christians who actually knew Jesus. The Disciples believed that Jesus would…
“Do this in remembrance of me.” Throughout the world, across denominations. There is plenty that divides us in the body of Christ. We have different understandings and theological posturings of what happens during Communion. This we hold in common: Do this in Remembrance of Me. Throughout this season of Lent, we have been pausing. On this holy night, we pause to remember. …
A kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they drew pictures. Occasionally, she would walk around the room to see each child’s work. “What are you drawing?” she asked one little girl who was working diligently at her desk. The girl replied, “I’m drawing God.” The teacher paused and said, “But no one knows what God looks like.” The little…
You might be a poor Spiritual Friend, if you are foolish This week found me and many others down and out with the flu or other form of illness or malaise. As I sought rest, sleep, and respite, I found myself thinking of when I was a little girl and had a few sick days…
You Might be a Poor Spiritual Friend, if you are vainglorious Last week, we began a conversation about coming together across differences and distinctions. We looked around at the currently world, and said we need reasons to come together. After worship, so many of you indicated that the world I described sounded like where you…
You are a Poor Spiritual Friend, If You are Jealous We are living at a particular time in history. It is not, that we have never been here before, as a larger picture of humanity; it is that many of us as individuals, might not have been here before. We are living in a time…