Archive for October 2022

Season of Pentecost  “We’ve lost the plot if we use religion as the place where we escape from difficult realities instead of as the place where those difficult realities are given meaning.” – Nadia Bolz-Weber  Although we’re not explicitly calling this Sunday Fall Festival, it does mark a time when we can all greet each…

Psalm 133 “Living in Community” “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when people, women and men and children, live together in unity, in harmony, at peace with each other. Seems like a utopia doesn’t it. We are used to “red” states and “blue” states and never the twain shall meet. We have normalized violence…

Season of Pentecost “If someone’s color, gender, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation keeps you from fully loving them – you’re doing love wrong.” – John Pavlovitz  I really enjoyed getting together with everyone this past Sunday for our monthly Congregational Business Meeting and sandwich bar. We enjoyed some very creative sandwiches and conducted the business that needed…

Examples of being on the point of the wedge blade abound. As previously noted, sometimes it involves taking a risk, possibly exposing oneself to an unwanted outcome, to achieve  a greater good. Sometimes it involves ones considerable time and effort to help those in need. The phrase “laying down your life” does not necessarily mean…

Luke 13:10-17 “A Healing Religion” This morning I want to talk about a method for biblical study and interpretation. You can do this yourself, but you can also use this method with a small group.  The method is called: see, judge, act. It was used by a Roman Catholic bishop several years ago. See means…