Restore us O God of hosts; show the light of your countenance and we shall be saved. My dogs are great at watching and waiting. They know the signs of feeding time. They will sit and watch, or maybe stare is a better word because they think they have Jedi mind skills, at the place […]
“Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Today is Christ the King Sunday. It is the last Sunday in Pentecost before we begin a new church year and the season of Advent. So Happy New Year, kind of or Happy New Church […]
Three slaves are entrusted with their master’s money. The first two are given more money than the third and they use it with wisdom and savvy to double the amount. The third is given only one talent and he buries it in the backyard and keeps it “safe” until his master returns. We don’t truly […]
“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” – Joshua 24:17 Earlier this fall, we spent nine long weeks wandering in the wilderness in that space in between Egypt and the Promised Land. That time of the “in-between” is what is often referred to as liminal space. We know liminal space as […]
This past week I suggested Tracy and I switch places—I would do all the invoices and she could preach on Sunday. She started laughing and told me that she knew exactly what she would preach—SINNERS! You’re all sinners. Not because she thought we were exceptional as sinners, per se, but because she had been brought […]
We finally made it. After nine long weeks of wandering in the wilderness, we have arrived—not in the Promised Land mind you*, but at the end of the Exodus readings in the lectionary. We started all those many weeks ago with Moses’ birth and rescue from the Nile only for him to go on the […]
Whenever I think of the story, the story of the golden calf, in the Exodus narrative, my mind inevitably conjures up images of Charlton Heston in the movie The Ten Commandments, which always seems to be showing on at least one channel during Easter. That image of a gray haired and bearded Heston coming down […]
The Ancient Israelites have been wandering in the wilderness complaining about hunger and thirst and God continues to provide—just as he provided their release from captivity under the Egyptians tortuous demands and punishments. Now they are free and they must begin to learn just what that freedom means and how to live as free persons. […]
There is nothing like a hurricane to put our collect this morning into perspective—“Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure…” Many along the Gulf Coast went […]
A lot has happened since Moses was rescued from the Nile. He has grown up, killed a man, fled for his life, married a Midianite woman, and become a shepherd. All that in a few short passages of scripture. Funny how quickly our life can be summed up. There are other ways of summing up […]