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In Sunday’s gospel reading, Mark 9:30-37, we learned of the importance of service. We also learned of the importance of children. While they may not know the word, most children want to be of service – they want to help. Would that we, too, could be [...]
If you go to church today, whether in person or on-line, you may hear the reading from Psalm 116. Listen closely to the first two verses. The psalmist tells the Lord he loves the Lord BECAUSE the Lord hears him. Aren't we to love God just [...]
In James 2:1-5 we receive the admonition to treat everyone the same. We know this, and we try to do so. And yet, so often human judgment takes over. Perhaps our task is to recognize when this is suddenly happening, to take a deep breath, and [...]
In today’s readings, we see and hear a lot about rules. Moses tells the people they must follow the laws if they expect to get to the promised lands. (Dt. 4:1-2, 6-8). The psalmist (Psalm 15: 2-5) lays out a series of expectations of how people [...]
In Joshua 24:15, Joshua challenges the people to choose the God they are going to serve. He refers to the God of the Hebrews, of the ancestors, or of other peoples. This question continues to have merit today – and – we can add other ‘gods’ [...]
Wisdom and understanding are key words in today’s scriptures: Proverbs 9:1-6, Ephesians 5:15-20 and John 6:52-58. We are told that Wisdom seeks us and wants us to gain understanding. Paul asked the Ephesians to attempt to understand and to live as wise people. And we know [...]
Exodus has many stories of the people fleeing Egypt, and today is one of those stories is found in Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15. These verses tell us how hungry the people were, so hungry they thought remaining enslaved in Egypt would have been better than fleeing. God [...]
There is a story in 2 Kings 4:42-44 about feeding many people with little food. As we would expect, when the servant saw only twenty loaves of bread and then looked at one hundred hungry people, he hesitated and questioned Elisha. He was told to feed [...]
The words of Mark 6:7-13 remind us that we will not always be successful in sharing our beliefs. When Jesus sent the disciples out, he told then that if they weren't welcome somewhere, they were to to leave. How often to we let things go as [...]
There is a saying that tells us we really can't go home again. Those who try sometimes say that it is no longer home, because so much has changed. Others say that there's no one left who remembers who they are. Still others say if anyone [...]