All Meditations
Scars
posted on Apr 12, 2015In the movie Bend it Like Beckham, Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra is the 18-year-old daughter of Punjabi Sikh Indians from west London. Her parents expect her to be to be a respectable Sikh girl and cover her body modestly. Her parents would naturally en...
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Seeing Something New- An Easter Sermon
posted on Apr 5, 2015There is an Easter egg hunt evolution going on here today. Last week, the Sunday school teachers told me to announce that the Easter egg hunt would be only available for kids ages seven and under. So big kids were out. After all, they are so fast ...
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The Washing
posted on Apr 2, 2015Jesus washed the disciples feet. He washed Judas' feet and he knew that Judas was going to betray him. He washed the feet of the man who would hand him over to endure the worst pain imaginable and to die. He took Judas' feet in his hands and washe...
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The Absence of God
posted on Apr 2, 2015My friend Brad was in Seminary when his four-year-old daughter came down with leukemia. They took her to the very best doctors. The Seminary raised money and brought food to their apartment. Brad took a semester off so he could be with her in the ...
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The Happiness Illness
posted on Mar 28, 2015Did you know that March 20th is International Happiness Day? I don't know who invented the holiday, maybe Hallmark card? It's certainly not on the list of holy days in any Christian calendar that I've ever seen. But how perfect for us Americans. A...
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Are We Ashamed?
posted on Mar 3, 2015It took a long time to tell others my story of how I came to church. Some of you have heard it but I want to make sure that all of you know how it happened.When I was a little girl my dad was very depressed. He couldn't get out of bed sometimes. D...
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Angels in the Wilderness
posted on Feb 23, 2015In my final year of Seminary, I had the opportunity to interview potential students who were applying for admission. I was a part of a small interview team of professors and students. We got to ask people why they had come to feel that God wanted ...
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True Healing
posted on Feb 10, 2015My friend Neely Towe is a Congregationalist minister. In her retirement, she leads a very popular Bible Study and has mentored a group of priests and ministers, including taking them to the holy land in January. She told this story about their tri...
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Get It OUT: Understanding the Unclean Spirits
posted on Feb 5, 2015Scholars believe that Mark wrote his gospel first. It is the shortest gospel, the most succinct, as if Mark is just trying to get it all down, all those memories of what Jesus did and said.Mark does not begin with the story of Jesus' birth, it beg...
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Rubber Shoes
posted on Jan 21, 2015We don't know much about this disciple named Nathanael. He was a friend of Philip who was from Bethsaida. He probably lived on or near the Sea of Galilee. And Nathanael seemed to have strong opinions. He knew his own mind, that's for sure.In fact,...
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Saint Thomas
Saint Andrew
The Feast of All Saints
St. Michael and All Angels