Isaiah 21: 1-4, Romans 13:11-12 Dawn or Dusk thinking? Both Isaiah and Romans paint a picture of the dawning if a new age. As such they are perfect Advent passages. We go into a new church year today,… Read More
Jeremiah 30: 18, 19; Ephesians 1: 15, 16; Colossians 1:11-13 Thanksgiving as discipline Today is our annual Thanksgiving service. So it is our job to tie our faith and gratitude to our life and how we live it. … Read More
Isaiah 65: 17, 21-24; Luke 21: 5,6 Is the ordinary really ordinary? Dear friends, Ordinary time the lectionary calls it. Ordinary time. Our time is ordinary. And we are about to leave ordinary time for advent. That’s odd. … Read More
Matthew 5:21-25; Luke 17: 3,4; Luke 19: 7,8 Last week a football player on the Miami Dolphins was the big story in sports news. A powerful player named Rickey Incognito (you can’t make this stuff up), was blasted… Read More
Habakkuk 1: 2-4; 2:4; Luke 19: 9,10 Moving the goal posts Routine can be a good thing. Routine can be good when it works for people, when it can make them feel life is reliable, when they… Read More
Joel 2:23-32; II Timothy 4: 6,7 In both texts today we are dealing with momentous events. Paul’s second letter to Timothy was written at the end of his service around the time of his imprisonment in Rome. We… Read More
Last Updated: January 1, 2014 by Aart
Reflection December 15
Isaiah 35: 3-5; Matthew 11: 7-10 Feeble knees and uncomfortable clothes Our texts tell the truth about our lives. They are a kind of mirror. Isaiah talks about weak hands and feeble knees and how they must be… Read More