Our humanity comes with many feelings and thoughts. Sometimes they interfere with our identity as children of God. We struggle with unforgiveness, aniety, anger, selfishness. We are gifted with so many complex emotions. Last week we talked about forgiveness. This week we are talking about restriction. What I mean by that is sometimes in our […]
Faith and forgiveness. Humans will forever struggle with this! I get it! It is super hard sometimes. However, God calls us to be reconciled with one another. That means practicing the grace mindset. We get grace and we are to give grace. Not because we are supposed to be doormats but because the love of […]
This day is Creation Sunday. A new festival from the ELCA that celebrates, you guessed it -Creation! You will notice throughout the month of September we will be using some different confessions and prayers that are creation focused. As we walk our individual faith journeys, as church together we are becoming more focused on how […]
This week we are presented with that age old struggle between our humanity and the ability to follow through. Our wants and needs do not always correlate with Gods wants and needs for us and for our service. How then do we respond? With faith like obedience or with childlike tantrums? Or are we somewhere […]
We are challenged daily by where we see God at work in the world. We speak so much in our lives but I wonder, how much do we speak about God on a daily basis? What words do we use to convey our faith or our beliefs? How do we explain to others who God […]
As imperfect individuals we remember today that our words are important. Words can hurt and words can heal. What comes out of our mouth reflects the truth of our hearts. People see Christianity and Jesus through our words just as much as our actions. Love needs to be in the form of words of comfort […]
Can we walk on water? No, but we have a savior who can. A savior, who sees us and hears us, and when we reach our hands or our voices in need he responds. Open our| eyes Lord to the ways in which you respond to us. Help us see you in our lives and […]
We hear the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand. Jesus making abundance out of meagerness. Something he does with our very lives everyday. We look into how we can share the abundance that is ours and how our very lives are a miracle. This worship service includes Communion as an extension of the […]
We hear more about the parables and the kingdom of heaven. How we see the kingdom of heaven depends a lot on our own personal stories and life experiences. How we talk about those things to others matters. Sharing our stories matter. This is how we blend what has happened with what will be and […]
This week we practice listening. “Oh ye who have ears listen”. It is our job to walk among one another on our Christian journey. It is not up to us to decide who the “weeds” in the world are. We are to grow and thrive together as one. We live in hope that those that […]