Jeremiah 1:4-10 As I sit with this remarkable piece from Jeremiah this week, I cannot help but wonder who among us hasn’t thought about ‘call’ lately. Maybe you, like I, have more frequently wondered of late what God could possibly have been thinking when this call was first placed on your heart. Or perhaps you …
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God’s Call: Jeremiah, Jesus, and You…
Jeremiah 1:4-10 Luke 4:21-30 Truth be told, I did a few rounds with Jesus in the synagogue with his former neighbors in Nazareth before I flipped the page and decided to start at the beginning with Jeremiah. Oh, in the end we do wind up in pretty much the same place, but even so, it …
Ever ‘Reforming’: But Still Sharing the Gifts of God!
Jeremiah 31:31-34 Romans 3:19-28 John 8:31-36 This is so. I was 17 years old when the Lutheran church body I called home adopted a new hymnal: The Lutheran Book of Worship. I loved it. The liturgies were updated and lively, at least compared to what I had known before. More than this, though, I was …
Only…
Jeremiah 1:4-10 Luke 4:21-30 A long time ago when I was a very young pastor just starting out, an older woman pastor took me to lunch. I don’t remember where we went, what we ate, or even very much of the substance of our conversation that day. But I do remember this. Before we left …