Micah 6: 8; Mark 5:6,7,8 Do you feel lucky….or blessed This week we are remembering Mary Tyler Moore. I think it would be hard to find anyone who disliked her. First there was the likeable, quirky and sometimes… Read More
Jonah 3:15,20; Mark 1:14-20 Leadership is very much on our minds these days. Leadership is an important ideal in American society. Following is not an activity that has a positive connotation. Everything is about being a leader. Go… Read More
Jonah 3:15,20; Mark 1:14-20 Leadership is very much on our minds these days. Leadership is an important ideal in American society. Following is not an activity that has a positive connotation. Everything is about being a leader. Go… Read More
Isaiah 42:1-3; Matthew 3:17; (Mark 1:7) Living Faith and Keeping Faith The Hippocratic oath that physicians are supposed to take, I am told, states:”First do no harm.” That may be a good way to approach the lectionary passage… Read More
Psalm 8:3,4; Matthew 25:44,45 Reordering our perspective The first Sunday of the year should feature a question mark, so today I have a question for you: “How does your faith in God impact your relationship with other people… Read More
Luke 1:16-19; (II Corinthians 12:9) The power of the fragile In a Woody Allen movie the controversial actor portrays a physically powerless man who describes a fight he was in, somehow trying to spin the story (I am… Read More
Last Updated: March 3, 2017 by Aart
Reflection February 5
Isaiah 58: 4-7; Matthew 5:13,14 Being salt AND light “Dat slaat als een tang op een varken.” This is a strange Dutch expression that is hard to translate. It is something like: “that applies like a pair of… Read More