One Easter Sunday morning, a Sunday School teacher gave a kindergarten girl an Easter egg. The little girl opened her bright, pastel-colored egg to find a slip of paper. Being that she just started reading, the little girl struggled to read her newly found message. She read, “He is . . . a raisin?” It… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Christ
Season of Senses: Sight
Click here to listen: In the beginning . . . God saw that it was good . . . God never said it was perfect. From the very beginning there was room for Christ. Was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God Words are important. God created through… Read more »
On the Mountain of Moriah
Click here to listen: I’ve been rereading The Lord of the Rings because it is one of my favorite set of books and . . . it’s one of the few books that I was able to find as we were unpacking boxes. There is a scene about three quarters through the book where the… Read more »
All Things Are Possible
Click here to listen to the sermon: Podcast 070713 edited All things are possible through Christ. All things are possible, except maybe leaving a friends house with three children without breaking something. This week went to a friend’s house for the fourth of July, and we spent much of the afternoon in their backyard having a… Read more »
Affirming the Tuba, Rev. Matt Rawle
Thursday, April 21, 2011 Affirming the Tuba Rev. Matt RawleSeveral years ago a youth director decided to form a youth praise band in the congregation which he served. He simply made an “all call” to any youth who were interested. Jamie and Wendy wanted to sing, Scott grabbed his drum sticks, Jim restrung his guitar,… Read more »
Where the Streets Have No Name: Colossians 3:1-11
Christ is what it means to be alive, and that life is revealed by those who believe.
In the Name of Love–Colossians 1:15-20
Over the next six weeks we will experience the Christian journey through the words of scripture and the music of U2. Colossians 1:15-20 is an appropriate place to start because it’s a song, at least, most scholars think this is an early hymn about Christ. This song orients a cosmic context for the work of Christ, bringing us back to the beginning of creation itself.
Freedom, For Christ’s Sake–Galatians 5
There’s nothing more American than . . . apple pie? baseball? freedom? I would say that there’s nothing more American than Weight Watchers. Think about it. It incorporates so much of what makes this nation great: Free Enterprise, Freedom, Community, and Apple Pie (albeit made with Splenda and fat free ice cream). The thing I love about weight watchers is that in lieu of providing a list of do’s and don’ts, they teach value. A list of what not to eat would not work for me; however providing me with food’s value gives me freedom to eat they way my body needs me to eat.
Freedom, For Christ's Sake–Galatians 5
There’s nothing more American than . . . apple pie? baseball? freedom? I would say that there’s nothing more American than Weight Watchers. Think about it. It incorporates so much of what makes this nation great: Free Enterprise, Freedom, Community, and Apple Pie (albeit made with Splenda and fat free ice cream). The thing I love about weight watchers is that in lieu of providing a list of do’s and don’ts, they teach value. A list of what not to eat would not work for me; however providing me with food’s value gives me freedom to eat they way my body needs me to eat.
Water, Water, Everywhere–Psalm 77
God, through Christ, in the power of the Spirit, forgives the captor, redeems the oppressor, transforms the chaos of the deep into life giving water, which renarrates Israel’s story as one of salvation and reconciliation. This God who redeems Israel will forgive, redeem, and transform you. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.