Archive for April, 2008

April 27, 2008

Acts 8:5-8, 14-17
1 Pt 3:15-18
Jn 14:15-21
The Face in the Mirror
As I thought about the readings for the Sunday of April 27th, the gospel stirred up in me a surprising smile. How many times have you heard others, or perhaps have said to yourself, “I couldn’t believe it, I looked in the mirror today and I [...]

April 20, 2008

Acts 6:1-7
1 Pt 2:4-9
Jn 14:1-12
God’s Prism
A few years ago I was asked to do a funeral/celebration of life worship service for a patient. She was an amazing woman who others would describe as dynamic, an activist, faith filled and very human. Her family said that others saw her as an amazing woman who was a [...]

April 6, 2008

Acts 2:14, 22-33
1 Pt 1:17-21
Lk 24:13-35
Roadside Conversations
As I read the gospel of April 6th I wondered, “What were the niceties that the people shared at the time that this was happening, as it pertained to road etiquette?” Was it a common happening that a stranger would join the “already in process” conversations of two others?
Were [...]