Reflections for

Trinity Sunday, May 31, 2015

Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17

Blogging Toward Sunday

Familiar faces in the script

May 20, 2013 by Barry Howard

Back in the dark ages of the 20th century, I remember an ad for the Yellow Pages that urged, “Let your fingers do the walking.” Now that texting has become the preferred means of communication, it seems our fingers actually do the talking.

I’ve been thinking about the complexity of communication with God, especially the challenge of praying at times when words are hard to come by. In response to such a dilemma, Paul essentially tells the Romans to let the Spirit do the talking.

Living by the Word

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Proverbs 8:1–4, 22–31; Romans 5:1–5; John 16:12–15

May 14, 2013 by Barry Howard

I was raised in a region heavily influenced by the Baptist Sandy Creek tradition, so I didn’t hear the “Gloria Patri” sung in a Baptist church until I was the pastor and included it in worship.

On Art

Holy Trinity and Crown of Thorns, by Ludmila Pawlowska

Feb 11, 2013 reviewed by Lil Copan

While wanting to be faithful to the Russian tradition of icon painting, Ludmila Pawlowska seeks a new way of expressing what Matisse (when he discovered icons) termed “luminosity and devotion.” Her own Orthodox faith and cultural heritage (she was born in Kazakhstan and has been influenced by art movements in Sweden, where she lives) shape her exploration. “God is not an idea, and praying is not an exercise to improve our idea of God,” she says. She calls an icon a kind of prayer—“the cultivation of the awareness of God’s actual presence.”

Features

Jesus’ barrio

Inmates as apostles

Nov 13, 2012 by Chris Hoke

Gangs excel at finding the lost, adopting them and sending them out. Therefore, gang youth can be recruited for apostolic ministry.

Faith Matters

After adoption

Jul 13, 2012 by M. Craig Barnes

My colleague's daughter has health problems and poor motor skills. She also has loving parents, a prayerful congregation and a devoted God.

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