Posts Tagged ‘evangelism’
Foretaste of the Sermon to Come
A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary. Sunday’s scriptures are Isaiah 25:6-9, Phil 4:1-9, and Mt 22:1-14 Jesus’ Parable of the Wedding Banquet is the obvious hiding in plain…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary. Sunday’s scriptures are 1 Corinthians 12:1-13, Acts 2:1-21 You might be asking, “Where is the Gospel?” Sunday’s Gospel is according to St.…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s readings are Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:18-22, John 14:15-21 If you love me you will keep my commandments. We humans are…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s readings are, Exodus 17:1–7; Romans 5:6–11; John 4:5–30; 39-42 A pastor could go 30 different directions in deciding how to preach…
Read MoreEvangelism
By Pastor Paula Lund Burchill I’ve been thinking about evangelism—telling people about Jesus. Many of us don’t like that word at all, worrying about being pushy or driving people…
Read MoreLay School Learnings
I’m a little behind in getting this out but I still wanted to offer some “take homes” from this year’s Lay School of Theology on CS Lewis by Rev. Ron…
Read MoreThe Necessity of Words
There is no way to preach the Gospel without words.
Read MoreRipening
By Pastor Paula Burchill Don’t the days feel ripe this time of year? You can smell the ripe blackberries falling off the vine, summer feels fully ripe with warmth and…
Read MoreWhy I Love Roots
I was leading Roots a week or so ago, and afterwards Matthew and Gabriel and their mom told me a story. They come to Roots with their parents because their…
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