Pentecost 15B James 2:1-17, Mark 7:24-37 There was a somewhat unusual man who attended our weekly worship services at the seminary. Every Thursday night he would come and sit in one of the pews toward the back. He was not a student, something that anyone would readily notice by the way he dressed; an old…
Pentecost 14 B James 1:17-27 Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? Ah the vanity of mirrors and gazing too long at our own reflections! The ancient Greeks told a cautionary story about the lure of our own reflection in the story of Narcissus. Narcissus went to…
Pentecost 13 B John 6:56-69 Have you ever had one of those times where you read something in the bible and thought—I just don’t get it!! Have you ever read something or heard something and thought—I do not even understand that enough to what they’re talking about much less know if I agree! Those can…
Pentecost 11B John 6:35, 41-51 What is in a name? Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? Actually, there is a whole lot in a name. Names are powerful things. They are a part of our identity—a piece of who we are. We are given our names by our families, nicknames by…
Have you ever thought about the difference between being burned out and being stressed? I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine and we were discussing that the underlying feeling seems to be different for burnout. “Stressed” can result from positive or negative things and can compound over time. It seems like everyone experiences stress…
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