A scavenger delivers food to a man twice a day in the wilderness.It’s unnatural. In the middle of a famine, a jar of flour never decreases no matter how often used.It’s unlikely. A stranger heals a widow’s son with only…
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So Many Choices
So many distractions.So many choices.So many gods from whom to choose. Sacred Mother, Focus our hearts and eyes upon you during this hour. Inspire us to be the hopes you have for us. Amen.
Tagged with: choice, Elijah, narrative lectionary
Posted in 1 Kings, 1 Kings 18, 1 Kings 18:21-39, Call to Worship, Invocation, Old Testament
Posted in 1 Kings, 1 Kings 18, 1 Kings 18:21-39, Call to Worship, Invocation, Old Testament
Forgive Our Choices
Prayer of Confession We choose security.We choose comfort.We choose things and entertainment.All while our neighbors suffer and do without. Forgive us for our focus on the ways of our secular world rather than your ways of radical love and sacrificial…
We Have a Choice
We have a choice.We are created with free will. Will we follow the ways of greed and selfishness or the ways of sharing and extravagant loving?We choose to follow the One who requires us to do justice,love kindness, walk humbly,…
Tagged with: choice, choose, Elijah, narrative lectionary
Posted in 1 Kings, 1 Kings 18, 1 Kings 18:21-39, Call to Worship, Matthew, Matthew 12, Matthew 12:30, Micah, Micah 6, Micah 6:8, narrative lectionary, New Testament, Old Testament
Posted in 1 Kings, 1 Kings 18, 1 Kings 18:21-39, Call to Worship, Matthew, Matthew 12, Matthew 12:30, Micah, Micah 6, Micah 6:8, narrative lectionary, New Testament, Old Testament
Make Us Like Rain
Prayer of Confession Sacred Spirit: Like kings of old, we posture. Determined to define ourselves against one another, we forget we are called to be one humanity. Like Rehoboam, we can make the lives of our neighbors more difficult. Forgive…
Goodbye Scorpions; Hello Wholeness
*Call to Worship Jealously clinging to our narrative, we release scorpions, andlet our God-ordained wholeness slip from our grasp.God forgive us. Inspire us to be One. Forgetting that power is about compassionate caretaking, we mark our territory. Instead, make us “like…
Tagged with: Jeroboam, narrative lectionary, Rehoboam, unity, wholeness
Posted in 1 Kings, 1 Kings 12, 1 Kings 12:1-17, Call to Worship, narrative lectionary, Old Testament, psalm 72, Psalms, unity
Posted in 1 Kings, 1 Kings 12, 1 Kings 12:1-17, Call to Worship, narrative lectionary, Old Testament, psalm 72, Psalms, unity
As the Cherith Dries Up
*Call to Worship & Confession of Sin We come together even as the Cherith Brook dries up. God calls us to worship in the easy times and the hard times. Though we sometimes fail, we strive to offer grace to…
Tagged with: Elijah and the Widow, people of God, resurrection
Posted in 1 Kings, 1 Kings 17, 1 Kings 17:1-24, Call to Worship, Confession of Sin & Assurance, Old Testament, Uncategorized
Posted in 1 Kings, 1 Kings 17, 1 Kings 17:1-24, Call to Worship, Confession of Sin & Assurance, Old Testament, Uncategorized
We Didn’t Start the Fire
Words of Wisdom: We Didn’t Start the Fire, Billy Joel Sacred Words: 1 Kings 18:21-39 Note: There is a short gap in the video due to a problem with the video equipment. We get it wrong, too. Like the Baalist…
Posted in 1 Kings, 1 Kings 18, 1 Kings 18:21-39, Acts, Acts 2, Acts 2:1-4, New Testament, Old Testament, Pentecost, Sermon
Finding God in the Muck
Rev. Tim Graves preaches about the transition between King Solomon and the divided kingdom. Readings are 1 Kings 12:1-17, 25-29 and a quote from 1984 by George Orwell. Who has acted and who has done this, calling upon generation after…
Tagged with: David, George Orwell, Jeroboam, narrative lectionary, Rehoboam, Solomon
Posted in 1 Kings, 1 Kings 12, 1 Kings 12:1-17, 1 Kings x:25-29, Isaiah, Isaiah 41, Isaiah 41:4, Matthew, Matthew 11, Matthew 11:28-30, New Testament
Posted in 1 Kings, 1 Kings 12, 1 Kings 12:1-17, 1 Kings x:25-29, Isaiah, Isaiah 41, Isaiah 41:4, Matthew, Matthew 11, Matthew 11:28-30, New Testament
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