Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that thoughContinue reading “A Labor Day Meditation: Called to Worth and Work”
Category Archives: Meditations
Hang in There, Parents
So apparently, being a parent is hazardous to your health. A few weeks ago, the U.S. surgeon general declared the ailing mental health of parents be an urgent public health issue. “Being a dad is the toughest and most rewarding job I’ve ever had,” Dr. Vivek Murthy wrote in his health advisory to the nation.Continue reading “Hang in There, Parents”
‘Grace-i-tude’: A Meditation for Labor Day
You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following theContinue reading “‘Grace-i-tude’: A Meditation for Labor Day”
Trusting God with Our National Sin
As go the lyrics, the songs we love to sing have freedom’s theme. Hence we red-blooded, God-blessed Americans love to croon of freedom and liberty, with words both sacred and secular, when national holidays afford opportunities to “let music swell the breeze and ring from all the trees.” But candidly I’m having a harder andContinue reading “Trusting God with Our National Sin”
Making Room
Now children, here is how God came to you: And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of theContinue reading “Making Room”
‘Weariness Feels Like’
In just a few days, we will experience our annual winter solstice – the shortest day and longest night of the year. This Thursday brings a mere nine hours of daylight and whopping 15 hours of darkness. Our worship this morning is a Service for Our Longest Nights – a time to recognize the darknessContinue reading “‘Weariness Feels Like’”
Multitasking: Really, just stop it!
Earlier this year, the writer Oliver Berkman teetered on the brink of feeling overwhelmed by life – its responsibilities, its expectations, its demands. Inflicting the emotional low blow was the ambient anxiety that comes as a standard feature of life these days. So, in an effort to restore some measure of his sanity, Mr.Continue reading “Multitasking: Really, just stop it!”
Jesus Wept: Grieving to Move On
On the eve of Memorial Day, our Scripture lesson drops us into a scene of grief and loss – a place of transition that all of us experience. Two women, Mary and Martha, are grieving the death of their brother Lazarus. Martha learns that Jesus plans to meet them in their grief, and she runsContinue reading “Jesus Wept: Grieving to Move On”
From the Pastor: Taking Up Your Cross
“The next day, the great crowd that had come to the Passover festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord – the King of Israel!’” (John 12:12-13) TodayContinue reading “From the Pastor: Taking Up Your Cross”
A Letter from Bethlehem
In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” When King Herod heard this,Continue reading “A Letter from Bethlehem”