other
Other is what I want and don’t want. I want the greener grass on the other side of the fence. But am not so sure what it would mean to […]
Tag Archives: Community
Paying it Parallel
“I give you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, so you also must love each other. This is how everyone will know that you […]
The Lord’s Table :: Communion Liturgy
Like many churches, we will be celebrating All Saints’ Day this Sunday. My church also makes meals several times a year for Larry Under the Bridge. This Sunday, we will […]
Powerball and Air Balls
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Prayers of the People: The Lord Reigns
Prayers of the People for worship this week, based on Psalm 93. The LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed in majesty and armed with strength; indeed, the […]
Controlled Chaos
Isn’t the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Isn’t the loaf of bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ? […]
To Endure
When a great crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one city after another, he spoke to them in a parable: “A farmer went out to scatter […]
Willing to be Uncomfortable
Do not seek your own advantage, but that of the other. – 1 Corinthians 10:24 (NRSV) In May, I participated in one of the Faith and Poverty Forums sponsored by […]
Lord of the Sabbath – Part 2
On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were […]
Lord of the Sabbath – Part I
This is the first of two posts on Luke 6:1-11. One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them […]