We’ve been in exile. We’ve allowed ourselves to be tempted by the idols of things and power. We’ve found it isn’t what we thought. Shopping therapy and yearning for a soda pop does nothing to build up our world. They…
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Resisting & Hoping
We call out to you, “Be the God we dream!” You respond by being the God you are. We discuss you and define you and expect of you. But you unravel our expectations and definitions. We seek to limit and…
Living Our Lives
We leave now to live our lives. We will grow old, we will raise families, we will love neighbor and family. We will get on with living our lives, mindful of the dreams God has for humanity. Whether we are…
Getting on With Life While in Exile
To my people in exile, wrote the prophet, Jeremiah. To you who have put your lives on hold while in Babylon, he added. Build homes. Get married. Have children and watch them grow up and marry. Get on with your…
Reignite Your Image in Us
Injustice. Darkness. Illness. Darkness. Hopelessness and temptations. Darkness. Worry and anxiety. Darkness. Evil in many forms pervades our world. Darkness disorients. We light a bulb and it sizzles and fades out. The light of hope is shattered into many pieces.…
Where is the love?
When our neighbors live on the street wandering from place to place… where is the love? When powerful men use their power for sexual favors… where is the love? When our neighbors turn to narcotics because life holds so little…
Posted in After a Tragedy, Amos, Amos 5, Call to Worship, narrative lectionary, Old Testament, Special Times
God of Enough.
The ads online, on TV, and everywhere we look shout: “Buy me! You deserve me! You’re only worthy with me!” Some days we shout back: Enough! And other days we let a theology and attitude of scarcity overtake us. On…
Holy Vulnerability
This is holy ground. Remove your shoes, bare your soul. Simply “be” before your God. The vulnerability frightens us. We want to cover ourselves. We want to hide. You are worthy. You are lovable and loved. You are capable and…
Tagged with: God, vulnerability
Posted in 3:1-15, Call to Worship, Exodus, Exodus 2:23-25; 3:10-15; 4:10-17, Exodus 3, narrative lectionary, Old Testament, Uncategorized
Posted in 3:1-15, Call to Worship, Exodus, Exodus 2:23-25; 3:10-15; 4:10-17, Exodus 3, narrative lectionary, Old Testament, Uncategorized
Despicable
Despicable. Despicable is an understatement. How could a father? How could a God of Love!!? How could God? How could Abraham? Did God? Would God? Not the God I know. Definitely not the God of love, justice, & kindness. Love…
Tagged with: Abraham, Elder Testament, God, narrative lectionary, violence
Posted in Call to Worship, Genesis, Genesis 21:1-3; 22:1-14, Genesis 22, Genesis 22:1-14, Old Testament
Posted in Call to Worship, Genesis, Genesis 21:1-3; 22:1-14, Genesis 22, Genesis 22:1-14, Old Testament
In a World of Tough Choices
We get confused sometimes by the options. The choices before us can seem equally wrong. You ask us to do something outlandish, which is your way, but this time… This time it’s out of character. You ask us to act,…
Tagged with: Abraham, binding of Isaac, Isaac, narrative lectionary, violence
Posted in Call to Worship, Genesis, Genesis 21:1-3; 22:1-14, Genesis 22, Genesis 22:1-14, Old Testament
Posted in Call to Worship, Genesis, Genesis 21:1-3; 22:1-14, Genesis 22, Genesis 22:1-14, Old Testament
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