Sunday mornings can be quite hectic, running around trying to get everyone in the car, then following the detour signs desperately trying not to be late again. Finally slipping into your seat and realizing in your rush, you forgot to
Kids, rug rats, ragamuffins, munchkins you have to love them. Children regularly appear in our gospel stories. There must have been something not only upbeat about Jesus but downright fun. Kids wanted to be around Him, He in turn obviously
This week’s Scriptures, Psalm 8, 2 Corinthians 13, and Matthew 28, fit together like pieces of a simple, beautiful story. Psalm 8 reminds us that God created us with care and purpose. Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians encourage us to
This week at Living Faith we celebrate Penetecost. The name comes from the Greek word pentekoste which means fiftieth. The holiday is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter which is also fifty days after Easter, hence the name. It commemorates the
In the late 1990s there was a convention for clergy that came together in Atlanta in the US under the unbrella of the Promise Keepers Organization. Somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000 clergy attended. For what it’s worth I’m not completely
What calls you home on Mother’s Day? The smell of bacon and eggs, hash browns, coffee, coming up the stairs or along the hallway? Silverware clattering on the kitchen table, seeing mom or grandmom in their apron, in charge of
On Sunday, we meet Jesus in one of the most profound bonds and conversations in all of Scripture. The setting is the upper room. The disciples have just heard troubling news: Jesus is leaving. One will betray him. Another will
Church on a spring Sunday morning. The text is known, an old friend. Sunday’s can be a bit jarring. You settle into a comfortable chair and you are a bit lost with some unfamiliar idea, some alien text. It feels
Join us this Sunday at 10:30am as Rev. Jim Young takes us on walk down the Emmaus Road. Two travelers. Friends? Brothers? Husband and wife? We haven’t the slightest idea. Just Cleopas and whomever. Why did Luke not name the