All Saints C Ephesians 1:11-23, Luke 6:20-31 Jesus is being followed around by a large crowd of people and in today’s gospel text he is speaking to his disciples in front of this group. He begins with: Blessed are the cheesemakers! Ok, not really, but whenever I read this text, that’s what I think of.…
Classic Agnusday Whether it’s Palm Sunday, Passion Sunday or Palm/Passion Sunday Combo, may it be blessed! Welcome to Holy Week
This past week our Sunday school began, at the request of a participant, a study of women in the bible. Since I am a “lady pastor” as some wish to call me, I have always shied away from teaching many classes exclusively about women in scripture largely because I am concerned that such a thing…
…with his American Express Platinum card. Yeah, right. This week, a friend of mine was talking about something she saw on a couple of her friends’ statuses [on our favorite social network site]. The first was a person thanking God for her child who had suffered a significant health crisis and although she was not…
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…
Shepherdess Writes 