God’s Part, Our Part by Linda Ruby 06-29-14 Happy Summer. We have finally completed one week of summer, something many of us have been anticipating for months. There are so many things to think about in our families with the completion of school schedules, graduations, some of us retire, others of us wish we could retire.
June 22, 2014 Romans 6: 1b-11 Matthew 10: 24-31 Rev. Catherine Purves This week a sparrow flew into the Sanctuary. That’s what we get for leaving the doors and windows open. It perched happily up in the rafters and showed no inclination to leave. Far from being frightened, when Jacquie came to practice the organ the wee thing seemed to enjoy the music. It made me think of the hymn version of Psalm…
Trinity Sunday June 15, 2014 Genesis 1: 1 – 2: 4a Rev. Catherine Purves I have never quite understood why some people get fixated on creation being accomplished in six days. Charissa told me that when she was interviewing at one church (not the one that called her) there was a man who made this his make-or- break issue. If she couldn’t confirm that the earth was formed in six days, he didn’t…
Pentecost June 8, 2014 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-11 Acts 2: 1-12 Rev. Catherine Purves Why is it that so many of us can identify with the story of Cinderella? What makes the premise of that fairy tale resonate with us? We have no problem imagining a wicked stepmother who would treat her own daughters with such generosity and grace, but who would consign her stepdaughter, Cinderella, to the role of an abused servant. …
June 1, 2014 John 17: 1-11 Acts 1: 6-14 Charissa C. Howe “This must be Thursday,” said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer. “I never could get the hang of Thursdays[1].” One of my very favorite books, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams begins on a Thursday. Our hero, Arthur Dent is unsuccessfully trying to stop a bypass from being built directly through the middle of his house when…