Title: Home away from home Date: February 17, 2008 Texts: Gen 12:1-4a; Psalm 121; Rom 4:1-5, 13-17; Jn 3:1-17. To leave it all behind. To wander into the unknown with nothing to hold onto… only a promise. “The Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house.’” Leave everything. […]
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God is home
Title: God is home Date: February 10, 2008, 1st Sunday of Lent Texts: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 I’m a home body. I like being at home, and all the things that home allows me to do. I can make my coffee just how I like it. I have the choice of three […]
When Jesus gets here
Date: January 6, 2008, Epiphany Sunday Texts: Isa 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-7, 10-14; Eph 3:1-12; Matt 2:1-12 What happens when Jesus gets here? What happens when Jesus arrives? That’s the question of Epiphany. What changes after Advent? We just finished our season of Advent, our time of anticipation. And I think it’s safe to say that […]
“Blessed are those who mourn”
Isaac described a day in the life of our congregation. He shows how our mourning is also our worship by telling the story of a worship service at Chapel Hill Mennonite. The article appeared in The Mennonite. Here is an excerpt: Mourning is worship. Sometimes we worship with our tears. To worship any differently would […]