Today is Wednesday. Holy Wednesday. The ultimate hump day of the ultimate hump week. Nothing much is happening today, but everything is about to happen. And the tension of doing nothing when so much needs done is almost too much to bear. We have a room to prepare and a meal. We have promises to…
God of the foolish cross, tottering down the streets of Jerusalem on a donkey, You are not the savior we expect. Your power doesn’t look like the power we want our God to demonstrate. Your wisdom makes no sense to us. We are happy to join the crowd, waving branches, But not so sure we…
I first heard about the group United in Purpose several weeks ago on NPR. This group’s stated goal is to get more Christians registered to vote. They use data mining to determine who is Christian and check those names against voter registration records. If you get labeled “Christian” and you’re not registered, you may get…
Holy God, we shout “Hosanna” along with the crowd. “Save us! We beseech thee.” And somehow, this chance we have to give our money is a grace of your salvation. A way to escape the self-focus that threatens to consume our lives. So open our hearts. Open our hands. Accept our gifts, O God, we…
I’ve posted a new page with today’s sermon on John 12: 20-33. It includes the words “sex” and “hell”–if that’s an incentive to read it (or not). 🙂
My artistic reflection on this week’s Gospel reading from the Lectionary: John 12: 20-33.
Here is a simple call to worship we will use this week with the Jeremiah 31 passage. Holy One, dwell within us. Whisper in our ears; Glimmer in our vision; Write upon our hearts. We wait with open ears, open eyes, open hearts. Amen
I thought I posted this yesterday, but apparently it disappeared into cyberspace. Here’s the call to worship we’ll be using this week, which draws on Numbers 21:4-9 and John 3:14-21. The chorus is from the psalm. Call to Worship When we are lost in the wilderness, God’s steadfast love endures forever. When we complain about…
Holy Christ, you have lifted up your life for our lives. We lift up to you now these fruits of our life’s work; this money that has been given to us, we now give to you. May this offering be used toward healing, toward peace, toward abundant life for all people. Amen.
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