Reflection April 2, 2017; Genesis 1: 27; Psalm 130: 5,6; Matthew 10:42 Keeping the faith 5: Recognize your value Today we conclude our Lenten series on Keeping the Faith. Lent is about keeping faith in and keeping faith… Read More
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
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
Posted: May 8, 2017 by Aart
Reflection April 9
Palm Sunday; Matthew 21: 9-12 Christ enters the city History is riddled with great historic dates. Today we remember one, A.D. 32 approximately. A date when it looked a fledgling movement had died, but in fact it grew… Read More