A different kind of Christmas card Who is waiting to hear from you? by Donna Frischknecht Jackson On my desk sits an index card with the initial “R” written on it in blue marker. I have thrown this index card into the garbage at least three times so far and, so far,… Read more »
December 15, 2017
Barn Boots and Blessings
A different kind of Christmas card Who is waiting to hear from you? by Donna Frischknecht Jackson On my desk sits an index card with the initial “R” written on it in blue marker. I have thrown this index card into the garbage at least three times so far and, so far,… Read more »
To hate ‘hate’ or to love ‘love’… That is the question by N. Graham Standish A Thought: It’s only as we learn what real love is that we truly recognize hate. And only then do we see how pervasive hate really is, yet even more how powerful love is. We can’t overcome hate by… 
Preparing the way A Revised Common Lectionary resource for December 10 by Magdalena I. García The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’ – Mark 1:3 Read the full lectionary passage here When we reject the distortion of God’s good news, and instead proclaim… 
A double standard A Revised Common Lectionary resource for November 26 by Magdalena I. García And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’ – Matthew 25:40 Read the full lectionary… 
Burying and unearthing A Revised Common Lectionary resource for November 19 by Magdalena I. García So I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours. – Matthew 25:25 Read the full lectionary passage here Life is a constant cycle of burying and unearthing, and this… 
Stay woke A Revised Common Lectionary resource for November 12 by Magdalena I. García Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. – Matthew 25:13 Read the full lectionary passage here It’s remarkable that this parable focuses on bridesmaids because in the Gospels’ narrative it was the male disciples who fell… 
Love God, love the ‘hood A Revised Common Lectionary resource for October 29 by Magdalena I. García [Jesus] said to him, ‘ “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. and a second is like… 
Paying tribute to God A Revised Common Lectionary resource for October 22 by Magdalena I. García Then [Jesus] said to them, ‘Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.’ – Matthew 22:21b Read the full lectionary passage here When the way we amass capital… 
Down the right path A Revised Common Lectionary resource for October 15 by Magdalena I. García [The Lord] restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. – Psalm 23:3 Read the full lectionary passage here When we allow God to heal us from hatred and to lead us down the… 
Those words, those tablets A Revised Common Lectionary resource for October 8 by Magdalena I. García Moses said to the people, ‘Do not be afraid; for God has come only to test you and to put the fear of him upon you so that you do not sin.’ – Exodus 20:20 Read the full lectionary…