May 31, 2015 John 3: 1-9 Rev. Catherine Purves You may well be thinking that Nicodemus wasn’t exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer. How could he not understand what Jesus was trying to say to him? Why did Nicodemus insist on taking everything literally, to the point of making absurd statements about crawling back into his mother’s womb in order to go through the birth process again? Was the idea of rebirth…
When the Advocate Comes Pentecost May 24, 2015 John 15: 26-27; 16: 4b-15 Rev. Catherine Purves Back in the day – and to a certain extent this is still true in Bellevue – but back when shopping districts were still thriving, you would go daily to different stores to get whatever you needed. So, on any given day, you would go to a butcher for your meat, a shoe shop to have footwear…
May 17. 2015 Isaiah 64: 1-4 Acts 1: 1-5 Rev. Catherine Purves So, there you are, sitting in your doctor’s office, in the waiting room. They know that you’re there, of course, because you signed in. But you have to wait. This waiting is no fun. You trust your doctor, you really do. You know that he has your own best interests at heart, and heaven knows he understands what’s going on inside…
Genesis 9:8-17 May 10, 2015 Rebecca DePoe Today is Mother’s Day. For some of us today is a joyful day. We remember our mothers and give thanks for the love and support they give us. For those of you who are mothers, today might be a day where you thank God for the privilege of raising children, in the hopes that they will go out into the world and proclaim the good news. Mother’s Day…
May 3, 2015 1 John 4: 16b-21 Acts 8: 26-40 Rev. Catherine Purves The story about the Ethiopian eunuch is certainly an unusual one. You may find it quite a challenge to try to figure out how you are to relate to such a character. Last week we managed to envision ourselves being sheep, but an Ethiopian eunuch – that is a stretch, I expect, for most of us. But perhaps that is the…