Today’s Gospel lesson is a continuation of last week’s Gospel lesson where Jesus roundly rejected the Pharisees and Scribes for following traditions blindly. In today’s lesson, that correction is extended to his disciples – or perhaps better said – to the believers, to us. Jesus said,...
Tradition! I like tradition. I find it comforting. In what seems the chaos of the world around us, tradition is reliable, isn’t it, even as the purpose and impact of many traditions seems outdated any more. For example, I love Christmas and its traditions, including...
Service held at Sun City West on Saturday, August 14th, 2021...
The word ‘will’ is interesting, isn’t it? It has several meanings, depending upon context. It can refer to an intention: I will do it right! It can mean a document: Have you completed your will yet? By the way, you might think to include your...
Do you remember the old country western song, “Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places”? The song was about a down and out cowboy, looking for love in bars and shallow relationships. He truly was “Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places”. Today in...
The Gospel According to Mark really is a remarkable work. In our gospel reading for this day we are present at the feeding of the five thousand men – and of course, all the women and children who were there too. Jesus’ intention, as least...
God showed Amos a plumb line. And then He said He would be, in effect, measuring His people Israel with that plumb line. Who have His people become? Do they remember Him, His statutes and His promises? Or have they fallen away so far from...
Do you know what a paradox is? According to the dictionary a paradox is: a statement that seems to contradict itself but expresses an element of truth. Our lessons today concern the idea of a paradox in Christian living, a paradox of values, and a...
You’ll remember from your art class how flat painting and even mosaic works appeared before Italian painters in the 15 century discovered how to add perspective to a flat canvass. The Flemish painters really developed the concept in the century following and now we just...