Proverbs 22: 10, 11; Mark 7: 27; James 3:1-12 To speak or not to speak When we read today texts in the program, it seems like mumbo jumbo. And perhaps when you put the text together like that,… Read More
Mark 7: 14,15; James 1: 22-27 Doing good from within I see three questions the lectionary texts make us look at: in our doing are we true to ourselves, true to our faith and true to the facts?… Read More
Genesis 8: 1,8,9; John 3: 8; Acts: 2:1,2 A tale of islands I saw a brief cartoon of about a lonely volcanic island recently. The visuals were great, the camera approaches the island from the sky as in… Read More
Psalm 111: 10, I Kings 3: 9-12, Ephesians 5: 15, 16 Clues to spiritual wisdom It turns out there have been a lot of bikes stolen in our neighborhood lately. Last weekend ours was the target. We had… Read More
Jonah 1:3, 4:10; Ephesians 4: 26, 27, 31 Getting in our own way You and I have a tendency to sabotage ourselves. We do things over and over again that are not good for us: it may manifest… Read More
Ephesians 4: 15; 2 Samuel 12, 7, 9; John 6: 26, 27 Truth Hearing The texts today are about the truth. We talk a lot more about telling the truth than we do about hearing the truth. It… Read More
Posted: October 1, 2015 by Aart
Reflection September 13
Exodus 3: 14,15; Mark 8: 27-30 Changing biographies Last week we talked how we use our words to paint the canvas of our lives and how the painting we paint of our lives has a place within the… Read More