October 24, 2021
Jesus asks a simple question to the blind beggar, Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52): What do you want?
It turns out, this is a very simple question that is a challenge to answer. In this spirit, Pastor Rob asks three other questions of us:
The sculpture is by artist Gurdon Brewster. You can find his website here
We all know of the fault lines in California. But here in Lititz, we exist on a political fault line, a community that has lots “red” and “blue” people and every shade in between.
What does it mean for us to be the church on fault lines? Pastor Rob offers his vision of what it means for us to be church in this time and place: not necessarily purple, but committed to being peace makers, people who strive to make life together possible. A reflection on Jesus’ words in Mark 10:32-45 and the really, really dumb question of James and John.
October 10, 2021
In life we move from dependent (on our parents, etc) to independent. Yet the deeper move is from independent to interdependent, in which we realize that we and others bring gifts and have needs. Pastor Rob describes how unfortunately money can get in the way of realizing our deep interconnectedness as people.
A reflection on the rick young man from Mark 10, what it means to grow up…and a God in Jesus who loves us even when we don’t want to grow up!
Image is from: Daily Theology’s Post on “The Rich Young Man and Privilege.”
