A God Who Sees
As our comfort is threatened and stretched, we stomp out the voices that need to be heard and send them away. Sarah, an older woman who beliefs herself to be barren is trying to look out for herself and her family. She is struggling to survive as well, but hurts Hagar in doing so. She uses her privilege to punch down instead of lifting up.
Youth Sunday
Youth Sunday at Lyndale UCC saw three of our SpringHouse youth share songs that were particularly meaningful for them as inspiration for how to make it through COVID-19 and the killing of George Floyd. Each chose a song and we shared it, then they reflected on the song, a passage of scripture and the current situation.
The Little Apocalypse
Jesus, as we know, was drawn like a magnet to the already-vulnerable. The widows and the orphans, the little children, the social outcasts and the sinners, the poor and the sick. Those were his people, his beloved.
And I think Jesus had an amazing insight about these people, which was this: if the world promises you nothing but suffering, then maybe the end of that world doesn’t sound like such a bad thing. In fact, perhaps that is exactly what you’ve been dreaming about: the destruction of this world and its present arrangements – which offer no hope – and the birth of a new world with different arrangements and the possibility of hope.
Pentecost 2020
Good morning... Please pray with me...God of all that ever was, all that is, and of all that ever will be, we pray that our words spoken and heard will be inspired by you. Amen. This morning, let’s start with the academics, the definitions and connections in the text....