Moving Our Prayers Together - An Interplay Approach InterPlay offers us simple forms and incremental steps toward moving our prayer life into the physical realm. There is a sacred bond formed and a heightened Divine Presence felt when we pray together and witness to one another. Prayer is central to every faith tradition, and InterPlay, […]
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Mark 1:21-28 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Have you ever felt like an outsider? We may feel like outsiders when we start a new job, when everyone has done something – like buy an IPhone – except us, or when we are struggling with problems that we don’t feel comfortable sharing with others. We feel like outsiders […]
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Mark 1:14-20 What catches me by surprise in today’s Scripture is the quickness with which the disciples respond to Jesus. He walks down the beach, invites them to follow him and they respond immediately: Yeah I am in! What surprises me about their response is that they already have lives established. They have friends and family nearby and […]
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John 1:43-51 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph […]
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Anne LaMott, a well-known author and person of faith, describes her baptism with candor. She had been sober for a year when she made the decision to be baptized. And on the day of the event, she was already regretting her choice. She called her pastor and explained, “I am just not ready for this […]
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Tonight we celebrate the greatest love story ever told. The story begins with God tenderly creating humankind and calling us good. And tonight we focus on the part of the story where God love us so much, God came down to earth as Love Incarnate. What strikes me about this part of the story is that God […]
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Philippians 4:4-9 The third Sunday of Advent is a Sunday when we typically talk about joy. In the Scripture today, Paul tells us to rejoice … and then again Paul tells us to rejoice! Yet, when I sat down at my desk this week to write my sermon, I didn’t quite know what to say, because I […]
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Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 I recently heard of a minister who preached a sermon entitled: “The Gospel in Two Words”. (The minister was Rev. Bob Beverly, author of Peace, etc.) Now that seems like a pretty daunting task, putting the Gospel into two words. If you did that, What words might you use? (Reckless love. Wild ride. Surprising encounters. […]
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Scripture: Matthew 25:14-29 We have entered the “hard teachings” of Jesus. The hard teachings of Jesus are teachings that you can’t just take at face value and can be difficult to understand. They raise lot of questions and make you go hmmmmmm …. Reading today’s passage raises many questions: Why did the third servant hide […]
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Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13 At first glance, today’s parable is a puzzling one. Jesus tells us today: The Kingdom of Heaven is like ten bridesmaids who are waiting for the groom to appear for a great wedding feast. The ladies fall asleep on the job – I can only imagine how heavy their responsibilities were leading […]
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