Pentecost 10A August 21 2011 Matthew 16:13-20 Who do you say I am? Simple enough question, right? But sometimes not so simple either. The simple answer is: you are what’s-his-name. But if someone asks you this questions, that isn’t really what they are asking. Who do you say I am can easily be: who am…
Pentecost 7A – Isaiah 55:1-5, Psalm 145:8-9,14-12, Matthew 14:13-21 Several years ago, I took a class on Christian Spirituality. We studied lots of different spiritual disciplines in which Christians have engaged for centuries, one of which was fasting. I will confess my own lack of understanding of the discipline, although I can now appreciate its place…
A few posts back I wrote about the amazing painting that was created during the offering at the NC Synod assembly. This is a video of the creation of that painting.
I came upon this post quite by accident this morning while looking for something else entirely and I found something about it to be quite profound. This line in particular “And perhaps mercy and creation aren’t really that different.” There’s some really good stuff there about mercy and what we Lutherans might call grace. It is well…
So, I’m in Hickory, NC at the NC Synod Assembly of the ELCA. It is so terribly hot here! The sun beats down, I sweat, drag around bags and folders and bottles of water without which I could not survive. My summer intern is with me, too, and trying desperately to keep me together! It…
Shepherdess Writes 