Exodus 17: 2,4; John 4:7,9,10 Keeping the faith 3: Have genuine conversations We are in the third of a series of sermons on keeping the faith. It is all about how to keep the faith when people do… Read More
Genesis 12: 1,2; John 3: 8; Romans 4:1 Keeping the faith 2: It’s not about you Last week , in our first reflection in the series “Keeping the Faith,” we started taking how other people of faith, specifically… Read More
Genesis 3: 21-24; Matthew 4: 1-4 Keeping the Faith 1: Tell the truth about yourself Carolyn showed me a small white bowl we have had many decades. Turns out it goes back further than that. Her family got… Read More
Exodus 24: 15,16; Matthew 17: 5,6,7 Limited Visibility So once again we talk about a high point of Jesus’ time on earth, the Transfiguration. It is also the experience that seems the farthest removed from earthly life. Several… Read More
Matthew 5: 43,44: I Corinthians 3: 11, 18,19 Foolish faith I am telling you today that foolishness can be good, because that is what our lectionary readings tell us. But there is a problem with this. We really… Read More
I Corinthians 3: 5-9 Our place in time I know you waited in suspense. Would it happen? Would Tom Brady win his fifth Super Bowl trophy? Could it happen that the man who already has everything got some… Read More
Last Updated: April 12, 2017 by Aart
Reflection March 26
I Samuel 16: 6,7; John 9: 30,32 Keeping the Faith 4: Be receptive Friends, Dutch people have an expression which I am sure I have shared with you before:”What the farmer doesn’t know, he doesn’t eat.” It’s all… Read More