Reflection November 17
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
Reflection November 10
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
Reflection November 3
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
Reflection October 27
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
Coach’s corner
Explorations V: down to business I have written to you about the need for exploration and reflection after a century as a congregation. Again this is not because there are major problems, but simply because reflection is necessary… Read More
Reflection September 29
Jeremiah 8: 18-22-9:1; I Timothy 2: 1-3 Between despair and hope Dear friends, (wikipedia tells us that) The “balm in Gilead” is a reference from the Old Testament, but the lyrics of this spiritual refer to the New Testament concept of salvationthrough Jesus Christ in… Read More
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Posted: December 2, 2013 by Aart
Reflection November 24
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