Luke 11:1-2 Jesus has been praying and the disciples ask him—can you teach us to do that? Can you teach us to pray? They had heard that John the Baptizer had taught his disciples how to pray and they wanted Jesus to teach them his way of praying. How many times do we all feel…
Jeremiah 17:5-10Psalm 11 Cor 15:12-20Luke 6:17-26 There are some really powerful words in today’s scripture readings: blessed, woe. Blessed are you poor, you hungry. Woe to you who are rich. All very strong words. But what do they really mean? Even the word Power itself plays an important role. Woe. Woe is me! I’ve always…
Isaiah 6:1-13Psalm 1381 Cor 15:1-11Luke 5:1-11 On Wednesday night after Wamo dinner we were all given a task at our tables. We were given pink construction paper hearts on which to write something that describes how we love God and something that describes how God loves us. I was in here a few days ago…
Isaiah 62:1-5Psalm 36:5-101 Cor 12:1-11John 2:1-11 In preparing for today’s sermon, I could not help but remember the weddings for which I was a photographer. I love weddings, but you could not pay me enough to shoot another one! There is always so much anxiety, stress, frustration, tension on that day —and the bride is…
1 Sam2:18-20, 26 Psalm 148 Col 3:12-17 Luke 2:41-52 A friend of mine asked me last week—do you think Mary understood? Do you think Mary really knew? At her church, the music being performed in honor of Christmas included the beautiful song, “Mary did you know?” just as our Christmas Eve service here did as…
Shepherdess Writes 