Pastor reflections
Sunday June 7, 2020 is designated Peace with Justice Sunday in the United Methodist Church. Use this link for some prayers you can use as part of your devotional time. Read Genesis 1:1-2:4a, 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 God created and created and created and declared each creation “Good!”, and on the seventh day, God rested from … [Read more…]
Read today’s lectionary Pentecost! A day of wind and flame as we celebrate the dramatic way the Holy Spirit was poured out for all people. When we speak of wind and flame or fire, we speak of things that can disrupt. A fire can bring cozy warmth to an evening when people gather around a … [Read more…]
Our journey toward abundant living is like walking a spiritual labyrinth repeatedly from an ever deepening inner space. We walk toward the center to be transformed by God’s love; then we walk outward to transform our small space in the world by reflecting God’s love. There is no intention to trick us or get us … [Read more…]
…he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the promise of the Father. (Acts 1.4) Read Acts 1:1-14 and Luke 24:44-53 “Prepare to Be Patient” – this is the headline of an article in a magazine that was left open on the kitchen table. Prepare to be patient? That caught my … [Read more…]
The Divine Indwelling * Today’s lectionary readings In God we live and move and have our being. (Acts 17.28a) …because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you. (John 14: 19b-20) I invite you to take some … [Read more…]
Please read the lectionary for today. Hymn for the day: Gather Us In, verses 1, 2, 4, The Faith We Sing #2236, Marty Haugen Gather us in! Out of darkness into marvelous light… Wouldn’t that be marvelous – to gather again! This hymn is one of my favorites, and on the mornings when we are … [Read more…]
Please read the Lectionary for today. How many times in the last few weeks have you heard “together” on TV ads or in the news? We’re in this together, we’ll come through this together, #…together…, together we can, together we will, together at home, together apart, together we’ll beat it, stronger together… We can do … [Read more…]
Read Luke 24:13-35 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Hebrews 13:2 What does hospitality have to do with us stuck in our homes when we cannot invite anyone to stay with us? Today’s Gospel story may not often be viewed through the … [Read more…]
Another week closed away. For some people this time of social distancing has not been a big change in daily routine – they are still leaving home and working in an essential job, but even there, they are closed in or closed off from others by social distancing. For others, life had already shut them … [Read more…]
Do you have a favorite movie or movies that you have watched multiple times? There are some movies I watched with our son more often than I care to remember – Mary Poppins and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea when he was little, Star Wars (the original 3) as he got older, then Lord of … [Read more…]
The Palm Sunday meditation works best if you don’t look at it until you are ready to start. It involves some activity – your own procession- and perhaps going outside if you can. You might want a scarf unless you happen to have some palm branches… Print this blog if you can so that you … [Read more…]
