Proverbs 9:1-6; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58 “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life . . . “(John 6:54). Have you ever thought about that word “eternal?”   What does it really mean?  Is eternity something you see as a “very long time” going on for ever and ever?  Do you think...
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1 Kings 19:4-8; Ephesians 4:30-5:2; John 6:41-51 Throughout the history of the church different understandings of Eucharist have influenced the way we approach the Eucharist.  In fact these different understandings were at the center of the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation.  While Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Churches profess belief in transubstantiation, other mainline...
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How many of you have ever had the pleasure of listening to a child practicing the piano? As the child struggles with some of the complicated fingering patterns you hear the same notes over and over and over again. When they finally have mastered the particular fingering exercise, and you have heard...
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On your journey of faith listen to the words of Jesus, "Take nothing else with you on your journey." "Take my yoke upon your shoulders, for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." "Take me and eat. Take me and drink. And you will have life eternal."
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If we truly choose to live the faith passed down to us by the apostles and their successors, then we too can expect rejection. This was the case in the early church. Those first Christians were baptized into the church and out of their culture. For them, baptism was both a...
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Job 38:1,8-11; 2 Corinthians 5:14-17; Mark 4:35-41 They were just going out for a little midnight cruise — something a little bit risky and perhaps a little daring because you really can’t see well out on the water in the middle of the night.  But, it was his idea, and so far everything they...
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Exodus 24:3-8; Hebrews 9:11-15; Mark 14:12-16,22-26 Did it ever occur to you that food and memories go together?  Our own favorite food is many times more than just ‘food;’ it has to do with more than taste.  It signifies a place, a time and an experience of joy or comfort or love.  Our favorite...
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Deuteronomy 4:32-34,39-40; Romans 8:14-17; Matthew 28:16-20  The Christian belief in the Holy Trinity, one God existing as three persons, was first revealed to us in the person of Jesus Christ.  Having said this, as a Christian people we can see evidence of the three persons of God scattered throughout the entirety of Hebrew Scriptures,...
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Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3-7,12-13; John 20:19-23 Today, with this feast of Pentecost, our annual celebration of the epic, which is the life of Jesus of Nazareth, has come to another conclusion.  Our celebration actually began last November with the celebration of the First Sunday of Advent.  Throughout those weeks of Advent we listened...
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Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians; Mark 16:15-20  After 33 years the circle has become complete.  The Son of God, who came down from heaven, taking on our humble human form, returns in triumph to be reunited with his Father.  Father and Son are once again perfectly united in heaven, as they had been for all eternity,...
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