Down by the riverside I laid my burdens down and I'm travelin' light
Posted in Sermon Notes on Mar 27th, 2022
Full to the Brim: Prodigal Grace by Dr. Paula Williams Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32, NRSV Reflections This is the portrayal of God, whose goodness, love, forgiveness, care, joy and compassion have no limits at all. Jesus presents God’s generosity by using all the imagery that his culture provides, while constantly transforming it. — Henri Nouwen, , […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Mar 20th, 2022
Full to the Brim: You are Worthy Luke 13:1-9, NRSV Reflections Sometimes I wish I was the fig tree. No fruit here, just soaking up the sun, growing roots, turning green, stretching out my branches until I can hug the horizon. Sometimes I wish I was the fig tree, because she doesn’t produce, and she’s […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Mar 20th, 2022
Full to the Brim: Under God’s Wing Luke 13:31-35, NRSV Reflections To be a Mother is to weep over the fighting and exclusions and wounds your children inflict on one another; To long for reconciliation and brotherly love and—when all is said and done— To gather all parties, the offender and the offended, into the […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on Mar 6th, 2022
Full to the Brim: Even in the Desert Luke 4:1-13, NRSV Reflections Is everything holy? I learn that when the upper limb of a cottonwood tree is cut crosswise, the grain reveals a perfect five-pointed star. The star is understood as a sign of the Great Spirit’s presence and the tree’s holy nature. Even the […]
Traveling Light Relay
Down by the riverside I laid my burdens down and I'm travelin' light