01122022 – Luke 3 I have never been there! Sorry, I have no desire to go! It’s just me! It is right here in our own backyard, too! Less than 3 miles away. And it is huge! Way huge! A “Scandinavian chain-store” selling ready-to-assemble-furniture, plus housewares, in a warehouse-like-space. What could go wrong? And, the […]
01082022 – Jesus Prayed – Luke 3 I am asking that my AA and Al-Anon friends please forgive me, as well as those who have struggled with various stages or forms of dementia. These are NOT to be taken lightly. I did think this was cute, however! It was written for folks over 50. And, […]
01012022 – John 1. 10-18 Christmas II I just hope this works on “some level.” I ask that you bear with me. Four different authors watch “an event unfold” and report back their stories to four separate and completely different audiences. The first is a fisherman. He feels the pressure of time and has to […]
12292021 – Luke 2 – Christmas I In Luke’s Gospel, the temple is the place to be. There is no place quite like it – in heaven or on earth. It is “totally other.” Luke’s story begins in the Temple, with Zechariah burning incense on the altar. He is a priest. He is merely doing […]
St Stephen’s Day – 12262021 – Christmas I What a strange day – this is. Talk about “switching gears!” The Day after Christmas. The day after ALL the celebrations…and all the festivities. A Sunday, nonetheless. We know in some places… The tree is already down and is sitting at the curb, the presents stored, or […]
12262021 – (Christmas I) I like subtle twists and turns. Little things mean a lot…sometimes. I like nuances…a subtle difference or a shade of meaning, or an expression, or a sound. Something “new and different” that calls for our attention. A turn of a phrase… Something strange to “pick up […]
12252021 – Christ Mass To complain that Christmas has become commercialized IS almost “its OWN seasonal ritual.” We know that a lot of people expend WAY MORE money than they can afford to spend in the annual gift-buying-EXTRAVAGANZA. Just what we need, more STUFF to provide fodder for the next yard sale. Remember when everyone […]
12242021 – Luke 2. 1-14 In Isaiah, the Prophet of old wrote, “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will STAND FAST FOREVER.” I am going to cling to that. I am going to hang on to that…I need to hear that tonight. I need hear that THIS YEAR. I needed […]
12222021 – Advent IV, Luke 1. 39-45 A young girl. A girl is under the age of 12 ½. A woman is 12 ½ and older. From a small, tiny, insignificant town. In an enemy occupied territory. With a “humble spirit” and “a faith without borders”…SHE travels on her own, like a soldier on a […]
Advent IV Sunday, December 19th, 2021 “It’s Almost Christmas!” This is meant to be inter-generational, it is meant to include some young people, older people…It is meant to include some Christmas Carolers of differing ages…hopefully some confirmands. Carolers are wearing their jackets, scarves, etc. Needed will be: 4-5 older congregational members (4 women, 1 […]