A few thoughts about the experience of self-giving, listening, and responding when we meet for worship, as well as an invitation to bring our unique and personal experiences of the Divine to our reading of this Psalm… Psalm 62:5-8 (NRSV) 5 For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from [God]. 6 [God] alone is my rock and my salvation, …

Jonah 3 (NRSV): 1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, 2 “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk across. 4 Jonah began to go into the city, go…

We began today with some corporate sharing in response to the question: What is one thing you love that your body can do? Here is the message that followed… I Corinthians 6:18-20: 18 Shun fornication! Every sin that a person commits is outside the body; but the fornicator sins against the body itself. 19 Or do you not know that your body is a templ…

Query: What does it mean to have the same mind as Christ Jesus? Philippians 2:5-11 (NRSV): 5 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in…

Luke 2:8-20 (NRSV): 8 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the p…

Luke 1:46-55 (NRSV): Mary’s Song of Praise 46 And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; 49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. 50 His mercy is for…

“Extended Open Worship” week. The following is a brief introduction to that time… Isaiah 64:1-8 (NRSV): 1 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence— 2 as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your adversaries, so that the nations might…

Deuteronomy 8:7-16 (NRSV): 7 For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling up in valleys and hills, 8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, 9 a land where you may eat bread without scarcity, where you wi…