Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. [Matthew 5:13] As we enter the final three weeks of the church year, our readings are filled with images of the last days. At first glance, we read a lot about death and destruction. Believe me, these words are as tough to preachContinue reading "November 6, 2017"
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“…but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.” [Philippians 3:13-14 NRSV] I recall a conversation I had with my mother when she first moved to Columbus, Ohio, fromContinue reading "73"
OCTOBER 30, 2017
After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands [Revelation 7:9] The first Sunday in November many churches commemorate All Saints. InContinue reading "OCTOBER 30, 2017"