Jul 2007
Only One Thing Is Needed
07/22/07
Luke 10 : 38-42
Pentecost 8
Once upon a time, many years ago, there lived a king who had a beautiful daughter. This princess had many offers of marriage, but she couldn’t make up her mind. A romantic girl, she wanted a man who would love her more than he loved anything else. Finally, she devised a way to test the love of her suitors. Read More...
Pentecost 8
Once upon a time, many years ago, there lived a king who had a beautiful daughter. This princess had many offers of marriage, but she couldn’t make up her mind. A romantic girl, she wanted a man who would love her more than he loved anything else. Finally, she devised a way to test the love of her suitors. Read More...
Stretching in Love
07/15/07
Pentecost 7
Luke 10: 25-37
Dear friends in Christ,
I just read for you probably the best known parable in all of the Bible, commonly called the parable of the Good Samaritan. It’s so familiar that it has become part of our English way of speaking, a way to refer to an act of kindness that it is assumed everyone will understand when it is said. Just last Thursday a headline in the paper referred to a very sad and tragic case, where a Good Samaritan, the words used in the headline, was killed last February when he tried to intervene in a fight taking place. The article was about the sentencing of those involved. I have a good friend whose father originally named his tire business “Samaritan Tire Company,” a good name for a business that helps people with roadside emergencies. Read More...
Luke 10: 25-37
Dear friends in Christ,
I just read for you probably the best known parable in all of the Bible, commonly called the parable of the Good Samaritan. It’s so familiar that it has become part of our English way of speaking, a way to refer to an act of kindness that it is assumed everyone will understand when it is said. Just last Thursday a headline in the paper referred to a very sad and tragic case, where a Good Samaritan, the words used in the headline, was killed last February when he tried to intervene in a fight taking place. The article was about the sentencing of those involved. I have a good friend whose father originally named his tire business “Samaritan Tire Company,” a good name for a business that helps people with roadside emergencies. Read More...
Our Mission Today
07/08/07
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
Pentecost 6
Dear friends in Christ,
If you are, or have been, a homeowner, you’ve probably experienced something like this. You happen to look out the front window and you see someone, often a pair of people, walking up your driveway towards your home. If it’s a campaign year, it may be a politician. If it’s a young adult it may be someone selling a miracle cleaner that will take out stains in your carpet or walkway, stains you’ve long since ceased to care about. If men are dressed in suits, if women are in long dresses, if there’s a child in hand, it may be the Jehovah’s Witnesses approaching to share their views of religion. Regardless, if you’re at all like me, you just kind of want to go in hiding. Or, if you can’t do that, at least keep the conversation at the door as brief as possible. Take the literature, be cordial, but get them out of your personal space as quickly as possible. Read More...
Pentecost 6
Dear friends in Christ,
If you are, or have been, a homeowner, you’ve probably experienced something like this. You happen to look out the front window and you see someone, often a pair of people, walking up your driveway towards your home. If it’s a campaign year, it may be a politician. If it’s a young adult it may be someone selling a miracle cleaner that will take out stains in your carpet or walkway, stains you’ve long since ceased to care about. If men are dressed in suits, if women are in long dresses, if there’s a child in hand, it may be the Jehovah’s Witnesses approaching to share their views of religion. Regardless, if you’re at all like me, you just kind of want to go in hiding. Or, if you can’t do that, at least keep the conversation at the door as brief as possible. Take the literature, be cordial, but get them out of your personal space as quickly as possible. Read More...
Discipleship is Not Easy
07/01/07
Pentecost 5
Luke 9:51-62
Dear friends in Christ,
It is basic to our nature as humans to want things as easy, convenient, and comfortable as possible. Much of what drives human invention and ingenuity is finding ways to make life easier for us. Apple’s new I-phone is the latest example, especially for those who love that kind of technology.
I’m old enough to remember when the remote control first began being used with televisions. Buying a TV with remote was an option which cost more money. It made watching TV easier and more comfortable. Today, buying a TV without remote is not even an option. They all come that way and that device has changed the way television is viewed. Read More...
Luke 9:51-62
Dear friends in Christ,
It is basic to our nature as humans to want things as easy, convenient, and comfortable as possible. Much of what drives human invention and ingenuity is finding ways to make life easier for us. Apple’s new I-phone is the latest example, especially for those who love that kind of technology.
I’m old enough to remember when the remote control first began being used with televisions. Buying a TV with remote was an option which cost more money. It made watching TV easier and more comfortable. Today, buying a TV without remote is not even an option. They all come that way and that device has changed the way television is viewed. Read More...