Reflections for

Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Feb 02, 2014

Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12

Living by the Word

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Exodus 17:1–7; Philippians 2:1–13; Matthew 21:23–32

Sep 13, 2011 by Clay Oglesbee

A man once bought himself a cemetery plot and a lawn chair, and then took a week of vacation to sit on the chair at his plot. I don't think he sat there because the view was pleasant or because he was proud of his new property. He did it because he wanted to see his life from the point of view of his death and his death from the point of view of his life.

Blogging Toward Sunday

Walking humbly

Micah 6:8

Jan 24, 2011 by Scott D. Anderson

Just as loving mercy is a means to doing justice, so is walking humbly with God. Yet in the sexuality debates raging in the mainline church, humility is seldom easy to find. Both sides cling to the fiction that they harbor gospel truth.

Living by the Word

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Micah 6:1–8

Jan 18, 2011 by Scott D. Anderson

The opening words on the telephone call were familiar: "You don't know me but I know about you. . . ." Since leaving the Presbyterian ministry 20 years ago I've had a number of such calls.

Features

Suffering foolishness

Perils of the open door

Jun 27, 2006 by Gordon Atkinson

I ran into Perry recently. How many years has it been, I wonder? I came to know Perry when he visited our church. He was a man with no passion of his own, a guy who walked from church to church and seemed to come to life only when he discovered some well-hidden heresy or doctrinal error. For Perry, Christianity was only a means to an end.

Living by the Word

Be happy

Micah 6:1-8; Matthew 5:1-12

Jan 25, 2005 by Patricia Farris

When Sister Mary Corita was asked to submit a piece of her artwork for consideration in the Vatican exhibit at the 1964 New York World’s Fair, she chose to do a piece on the Beatitudes. Although it was not finally selected for the exhibit, the 4’ by 40’ banner is a dynamic, vibrant testament to Christ’s message.

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