Isaiah 25:6-9Psalm 24Revelation 21:1-6John 11:32-44 Today’s Gospel has two of my favorite women of the bible—Mary and Martha. I love them! Some years ago, I participated in a women’s bible study about these two women and it began with the question, “Are you a Martha or a Mary?” Are you a Martha—a woman or a…
Healing Service Psalm 139:1-6,11-14 Mark 5:21-24,35-42 Talitha cum! Little girl get up! Jesus enters the house of Jairus—a man who has come to beg him to heal his dying child. But by the time they have arrived at the home, she is dead. Yet, Jesus tells Jairus not to fear because his little girl is…
October 1st, 2006 Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 Mark 9:38-50 Which is better? Slavery and rich foods or freedom and bread? Is it better to bow down to a master and have our physical needs cared for or to live in freedom and rely upon God alone for our needs? I had a friend once, named…
What I want to proclaim to you today is that Jesus’ heals the sick, makes the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the mute to speak. I want to tell you that he is the healer of our every ill, that he makes all things well. But, I don’t know how to do that.…
What is wisdom? Is it right judgments? Is it the pooled knowledge of humanity? Is it sound advice? Is it something found in Hallmark cards or on refrigerator magnets: a friend in need is a friend in deed! A penny saved is a penny earned! Neither a borrower nor a lender be! To thine ownself…
Shepherdess Writes 