Reflections for

Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Feb 08, 2015

Isaiah 40:21-31; Psalm 147:1-11, 20c; 1 Corinthians 9:16-23; Mark 1:29-39

Blogging Toward Sunday

Seeing the ends of the earth

Isaiah 40:21–31

Jan 30, 2012 by Gretchen E. Ziegenhals

When our girls were still quite young, my husband Norm and I moved our family from our fast-paced life and work in Chicago to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where Norm had accepted a teaching position. Feeling a bit like Abraham and Sarah, we made a radical change of landscape.

Living by the Word

Sunday, February 5, 2012

1 Corinthians 9:16-23

Jan 24, 2012 by Gretchen E. Ziegenhals

Last summer we attended a family reunion in Alberta that commemorated my husband's family's 60 years in Canada. The weekend was filled with games, food and a worship service that included the first hymns that the German immigrant family had learned in English.

Blogging Toward Sunday

All things to all people

Isaiah 40:21-31; Mark 1:29-39; I Corinthians 9:16-23

Feb 02, 2009 by Thomas R. Steagald

I'd like to have words with Paul about his pastoral strategy in this week's epistle lesson. "I have become all things to all people." Oh, really? These words feed my insecurities and neuroses. And they inform, more than I wish, my job description and annual evaluation.

Living by the Word

The first deacon

Mark 1:29-39

Jan 27, 2009 by Lawrence Wood

No one knows her name. She may have been widowed, for she lived with two younger men who were not her sons. Their boyish enthusiasms might have made her laugh. It’s also pleasant to think that her daughter had inherited her features—whether she was stocky, or had a slender build and expressive eyes.

Living by the Word

Boast not

1 Corinthians 9:16-23

Jan 24, 2006 by Ray Rhoads

Several decades ago, when I was filling out my application for seminary admission, I came to a question that asked me to provide biblical justification for my calling. I knew I wanted to attend seminary, but found it difficult to state why. Then I remembered my Wesley Foundation pastor preaching on 1 Corinthians 9:16b, and I wrote, “Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.” The text expressed the urgency I felt and even a tinge of divine necessity—although I think I knew even then that I was going a bit too far.

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