Who would Jesus shoot? No one, of course. And certainly no one from the LGBTQ+ Community in 2022. for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick…
I believe voting is something that serious Christians take very seriously.
We’re going to receive the Postlude as a postlude, rather than sitting and just listening. We’ll rise and visit and head down to Fellowship Hall together while Monica plays.
You can read the chapters of the book in advance of each Sunday, or you can read them after. Truly, you can just come to church and still get the message! Reading will put more meat on the bones and more power in the possibilities.
It’s important to recognize past trauma as you prepare for what’s next, whether you felt deeply affected at the time or not. It’s how we move on.
Service workers should think of us helpful. How can they do that if we’ve heaped abuse on them for things that are often out of their control?
The poetry of scripture is a wonderful reminder to look at the world outside of our own lenses. The way poets frame the world is often different from our day-to-day experience.
As Proverbs note, we’ve got a duty to be more like God when God is in the peaceful lane: slow to anger!
It was in my outline, roman numeral “V,” just as I’d written it. And each week, on my way into the pulpit, I take my outline and throw it away. I want to leave room for the Spirit to move.
As hard as it is to live with the consequence of an unintended accident, I can’t imagine living with the consequences of intentional mayhem.