A postcard from the 4th Sunday after Pentecost 6/20/21 When God leads A lot of folks in the church are wrestling with what the post-pandemic church will look like. There is a general agreement that it will be different than what came before, but then there is little agreement on what exactly that will look … Continue reading God at Work: God Leads

A postcard from the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost 6/13/21 What God sees Our reading this week fast forwards us through Saul’s kingship to the anointing of David. [1 Samuel 15:34-16:13] And while it didn’t make into the sermon, all week I have wrestled with the opening lines of the text: Samuel did not see Saul … Continue reading God at Work: God Sees

A postcard from the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost 6/6/21 Welcome to Ordinary Time. We are officially embarked on Ordinary Time—the long green season that stretches over the summer into the fall. The Revised Common Lectionary gives us the gift of Track 1 that offers semicontinuous readings from the Old Testament and the Epistles. This gives … Continue reading God at Work: God Responds