Blogging Towards Sunday, September 14, 2025
Exodus 14:10-31 & 15:20-21 We’re continuing a month-long series on Miracles, Signs and Wonders. A common expression of awe is “It’s a miracle!” Together, we’re wrestling with what do we … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, August 31, 2025
Miracles, Signs & Wonders: The Feeding of the 5,000 | Matthew 14:1-27 We’re starting a new month-long series on Miracles, Signs and Wonders. A common expression of awe is “It’s … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, August 17, 2025
“Meadowlark Sings and I Greet Him In Return” and “Storage” and Matthew 6:25-34 The Bible and Poetry To believe in the Bible—or, rather, to believe the Bible, and to allow … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025
Matthew 5:1-12 & Luke 24:1-12 “God simply keeps reaching down into the dirt of our humanity and resurrecting us from the graves we dig for ourselves through our violence, our … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, March 23, 2023
Isaiah 55:1-9 & Luke 13:1-9 Theodicy is a theological word meaning the ‘vindication of God.’ It comes from two Ancient Greek words: 1. θεός theos, “god” and 2, δίκη dikē, … Continue reading
Blogging towards Sunday, January 23, 2022
John 3:1-21 The gospel of John one of the four stories of the good news of Jesus (Gospel means good news) which tells his life, actions, words and mission. It’s … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, August 15, 2021
Matthew 13:1-17 & Romans 8:18-31 We are facing great change as a church, a people, a society and the world. Technology has irreversibly transformed how we live our days. Our … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, November 15, 2015
Mark 14:12-31 What does it mean to be a Christian? Who is against us? Who is for us? These questions asked by the text this week, also reverberate throughout our … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, November 8, 2015
Mark 14:1-11 The past weeks we’ve been reading through a series of theological confrontations and verbal duels between Jesus and his adversaries (see Mark 11 and 12). Here the irony is … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, November 1, 2015
Mark 12:35-44 We wonder if a tree falling in the forest makes a sound if there is no one there to hear it. Along those lines we might ask: is … Continue reading
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