Star Light, Star Bright–Make Me A Lamplight
“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the…
The Holy In the Ordinary
This week's reflection comes from Amanda Osenga, and is reprinted with permission from Seasons of the Spirit, 2014. Copyright © Wood Lake Publishing Inc. 2013. “It is in the ordinary places in our lives that the Holy shows up, if…
Entertaining Athiests Unawares?
"Follow me, and I will make you fish for people." Immediately they left their nets and followed him….Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness…
Transforming the e Word
And John testified, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom…
See How Much God Loves Us…
And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from…
The Massacre at Wounded Knee: December 29, 1890
by Kathy Williams The following is a sermon presented on Sunday, December 29, 2013 during worship designed to educate, remember and honor the Anniversary of the Massacre at Wounded Knee. Most of it is original writing based on the facts…
Happy “Blankety-Blank” New Year
I must confess that I have been disinclined to do any writing, preaching, worrying, considering, or resolving on the matter of the New Year. Perhaps you too, given the information overload with which we live these days, have reached a…
“The Work of Christmas” and the Anniversary of the Massacre at Wounded Knee
I have really been moved by this congregation's passionate commitment to her ministry with the Lakota people of Pine Ridge Reservation. I will always remember as a moment of deep connection with the Congregational Church of West Medford--the presentation given…
Ordinary People and An Ordinary Mess
There is something pretty cool about Matthew’s treatment of the birth of Jesus (Lectionary Year A). For one thing, in this day and age of sound bites and very short attention spans, Matthew’s version is wicked succinct, so you could…
Patience, Patience, Patience
This past Wednesday a small and hearty group gathered for the first of three Advent Wednesday Worship services designed to help us be intentional about our journey and our waiting—waiting for Christ to come again, waiting in the space between…