Repent: turn away from evil toward good
Confess: speak the truth
Breathe: the gift that comes with forgiveness.
It's worth the journey.
Start today.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The Breath of Forgiveness
Repent: turn away from evil toward good
Confess: speak the truth
Breathe: the gift that comes with forgiveness.
It's worth the journey.
Start today.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
It's about the money
This younger son made several miscalculations regarding the family fortune. First, without a family no amount of money would be enough. Second, strangers were much less likely to be helpful in an emergency than he expected. Third, emergencies always happen.
And fourth, the largest miscalculation of all: the real family treasure was the Father whom he rejected. How blessed he was that when he huffed and puffed and tore out of the house to find his future, his Father remained rooted. One day the Father would be there to welcome the wayward one home again.
So your Father in heaven waits for you.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Hunger
This is a heads up. Eat a good breakfast Sunday because the sermon is going to be about hunger, and if you are like me, all it takes is someone talking about hunger to get my stomach rumbling...or is that grumbling?
Our lessons are the story of David and Bathsheba (see two previous posts) and Jesus feeding the 5000. Now I know why I chose the 2 Samuel story of David for the Old Testament text.....it is just too good a story to miss. But it wasn't clear how that story connected in any way to Jesus' feeding the 5000. (And to tell the truth, the lectionary folks didn't intend it to. 2 Samuel is the alternate OT text).
But then the word struck: HUNGER. What we want, what we need, and where it all leads us. For some it leads to Jesus and God. For others, it becomes a great abyss into which we fall.
In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus tells us "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness for they will be filled." Mt5.6
The writer of 2 Samuel tells us "But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD and the LORD sent Nathan to David." 2 Sam12.1 When the prophet comes a-callin' at your door, be prepared to repent.
That's what we are talking about Sunday, but it certainly is a good topic for conversation all week.
Our lessons are the story of David and Bathsheba (see two previous posts) and Jesus feeding the 5000. Now I know why I chose the 2 Samuel story of David for the Old Testament text.....it is just too good a story to miss. But it wasn't clear how that story connected in any way to Jesus' feeding the 5000. (And to tell the truth, the lectionary folks didn't intend it to. 2 Samuel is the alternate OT text).
But then the word struck: HUNGER. What we want, what we need, and where it all leads us. For some it leads to Jesus and God. For others, it becomes a great abyss into which we fall.
In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus tells us "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness for they will be filled." Mt5.6
The writer of 2 Samuel tells us "But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD and the LORD sent Nathan to David." 2 Sam12.1 When the prophet comes a-callin' at your door, be prepared to repent.
That's what we are talking about Sunday, but it certainly is a good topic for conversation all week.
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