Luke 15: 3-10 Between being lost and being found Things get lost in our lives and people get lost in our lives. Some things we lose and do not even notice. Some people we lose track of and… Read More
Jeremiah 18:1-6; Philemon 10-12 What shapes us ? We have just talked about we are molded by the forces in our world. There are ethnicity, religious tradition, popular culture, family dynamics, language, peer influence, television and movies. Someone… Read More
Luke 14; 7-11, 12, 13 What keeps us from humility? Some passages are very complicated, but the readings for today seem very straightforward. Jesus talks about humility. “When you are invited to a banquet, do not sit in… Read More
Jeremiah 4:1-9; Hebrew 12:28, 29 Experiencing calling Last week the sermon was a bit of a downer perhaps. We talked about what our Bible texts had to say about our inability to show judgment in caring for… Read More
Isaiah1:18,19 ; Hebrews 11: 1-3; 8.9,10 Revisiting Faith Today our lectionary brings us the beautiful texts In Hebrews about faith. It contains one of the most stunning lines ever written about a subject that have ever been written. … Read More
Psalm 107:1-5,7,8,43; Hosea 11: 1-11 A smitten God I watched with great admiration how the youth group with the help of April, Ben and Wade ran the vacation Bible School program. As you have heard, they built a… Read More
Posted: December 2, 2013 by Aart
Reflection September 22
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