Where is the Love?

 

January 30, 2021

Where is the love?  From Saint Paul we hear the poetic words — “Love is patient, love is kind.”  Yet the Gospel story (Luke 4:21-30) tells of Jesus almost being killed by his hometown.  This Gospel story at first seems devoid of love.

Pastor Rob reflects that the story of Jesus’ hometown visit is all about love — but not the pretty kind.

The image of the heart and cross is from Love, Inc, a Christian charity in Lancaster that our church supports.  You can read about them here: https://loveinclancaster.org/

A Blind Mechanic and the Body of Christ

January 23, 2022

We have lost our ability to live in community.   But all is not lost.

A reflection on a blind mechanic, one messed up city and how Christ enables us to be his community, his body in the world.

What's in your jug?

 

January 16, 2022

What is your jug?  That is, what is the simple task to which Christ has called you?

In a world that tells us that we are not enough, Jesus calls us to simply tasks through which he works wonders.

Jesus also gives us permission to celebrate in a world that is never enough because he is always enough.

Photo link here.

Baptism of Jesus: Not TMD

January 9, 2022

TMD stands for “Therapeutic Moralistic Deism.”   This mouthful, as it turns out, is the kind of god that the masses of people who are neither atheists nor church people actually believe in.  I unpack what this means and more importantly, how our baptisms bring us into relationship with a very different type of God than this!

I am unaware of the name of the artist.  I found the painting here.

Into the unknown!

 

Celebration of Epiphany (Magi)

January 2, 2022

When Pastor Rob first lived in Germany, he wanted something to bring him comfort and stability.  So he sought it out in a McDonalds.  But there he found out, like the magi, you can’t move ahead they way you got here…  A reflection on God in times when we are called into the unknown.