PSALM 25:1-10 NLT and LUKE 5:1-11 NRSV Watch on YouTube I think it’s only fair that I tell you that I have history with this story in Luke.  When I was ordained and installed at my first call back in November of 2013, this was the scripture that was preached by Rev. Bob Murphy.  I ...

Watch on YouTube 2 Kings 2:1-12, Mark 9:2-9,2 2 Cor 4:3-6 NRSV Are any of you wondering why this elephant is here? It’s the elephant in the room. The literal elephant. Are there metaphorical elephants in the room? Something that seems obvious but no one is seeing it or talking about it? What is the elephant in ...

Watch on YouTube Isaiah 40: 21-31 NRSV Is there a person in your life who is the go-to person when you need something because they almost always have whatever it is you need?   When my children were young, I carried a backpack so that I could have all the things we might need – wet ...

Watch on YouTube 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 NRSV My granddaughter Lila was visiting a few years ago, when she was about three years old. We were all talking about what to have for dinner, and out of the blue, in a big booming voice…well, booming for a three-year-old, anyway…she said, “WE HAVE THE MEATS.”  That’s the ...

Martin Luther King Jr taught that "...[everyone] has a capacity to have fellowship with God. And this gives [them] a uniqueness, it gives [them] worth, it gives [them] dignity. And we must never forget this as a nation: there are not gradations in the image of God… We will know one day that God made us to live together as [family] and to respect the dignity and worth of [everyone].” Jonah seems to struggle with this about the Ninevites. And knowing that we ourselves are made in the image of God is part of trusting our belovedness.