Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 I have found myself struggling some as I paused with the familiar images before us now, especially that of the wondrous returning of life to a child who had died and healing to a woman who had suffered long and the sound of Jesus’ voice saying, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has …
Tag: Pentecost 2B
God’s Call: Hannah and Eli, Samuel and Eli’s Sons
1 Samuel 3:1-20 1 Samuel 1-4 I got thinking about one’s ‘sense of call’ the other night. Here is how it was. They were just about to start boarding my flight home on Friday and so I made one last run to the restroom. As I came back down the escalator to the gate area, …
“So We Do Not Lose Heart”
2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 “So we do not lose heart.” It is easy to lose heart, of course. The world and our experience of living within it, gives us all sorts of causes and reasons for discouragement. We experience it in our lives, in our communities, large and small, and in our congregations — this temptation …
Re-Defining Family
Mark 3:20-35 It goes without saying that family is a powerful force…. Today, to be sure, but also in the time of Jesus. I know that for me, my earliest memories and my most influential forces involve family. For instance, I can recall sitting on the basement floor of our house on South 3rd …