All three of our readings today are about letting go – letting go of our hatred of those we consider enemies, like Jonah has to do in order to go and preach to the Ninevites Letting go of our plans and ideas about where we should go, also like Jonah when he takes off in […]
In last week’s readings we heard a lot about God’s voice. It was God’s voice speaking out across the waters of primordial chaos that caused creation to leap into being – Let there be! And creation was! And we learned that God’s voice is powerful and creative. In the psalm we heard that God’s voice […]
(NOTE: This is a short meditation preached on this weekend before an extended Rite of Thanksgiving at the Font and Affirmation of Baptism by the Assembly) I was watching the news on Tuesday, and they featured an image from Washington State where there has been considerable flooding and mudslides as the result of recent […]
The author of Ephesians calls himself a servant of the gospel according to God’s grace, and describes his mission in Ephesians 3 where he writes that God’s grace has been given to him in order that he might “make everyone see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God.” The plan […]