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Reflection Dec15, 2019 by Rola Al Ashkar

Isaiah 35:1,10; Matthew 11:2-9; Matt 2:16   Christmas Eve in Bethlehem— that was always something special. The city always started to prepare for this feast one month beforehand. The trees were decorated with colored lights and colorful figures…. Read More

Reflection Nov 17, 2019 by Rola Al Ashkar

Isaiah 65:17-25 Will You Take Part?                      Daniel Simons is a researcher in a field of psychology called visual cognition. His best-known experiment is on attention blindness, also popularly… Read More

Reflection Sep 22, 2019 by Rola Al Ashkar

Jonah 4 Jonah… Shade, Worm and Blazing Sun! Like most, I always thought of this story as the story of the man inside the belly of a fish. But there is much more to the story of Jonah… Read More

Reflection July 7, 2019 by Rola Al Ashkar

Luke 10:1, 7-11; 2 Kings 5: 9-11 To Follow Jesus, or to Go Before Him? Friends this week has been a stressful one. On my very first week trying to lead a church without mentorship, and while still… Read More

Reflection Apr 28, 2019 By Rola Al Ashkar

John 20:19-31 Which day is this? When I was in seminary, I participated in a Spring play about the life of Joan of Arc. She was a simple girl from Domrémy in France who claimed to have received… Read More

Reflection Mar 31, 2019 By Rola Al Ashkar

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 2 Cor 5:16-21 The parable of the prodigal son, though one of the most famous Jesus ‘s stories, is the third in a series of parables of “lost things,” all three narrated in response to… Read More

Reflection Mar 10, 2019 By Rola Al Ashkar

Deuteronomy 26:1-11 On some websites before letting you submit any information, they ask you to verify that you are not a robot hacking their website, so they have this verification form that says: “Verify Humanity!” the idea of… Read More