WHAT’S BOTHERING YOU?

Mark 10:46-52    James 5:13-20 Jeff Davidson At his blog “Just off the Map” (www.howieadan.com) Howie Adan writes about a time he was visiting in Spain and broke a molar. You know how when you break a tooth or have a filling done or something you keep running your tongue over it?Adan did that all night….

SERVANT, PRIEST, AND KING

Isaiah 53:4-12; Hebrews 5:1-10; Mark 10:35-45 Jennifer Hosler My paternal grandfather (my dad’s dad) was really interested in genealogy. I never asked exactly where this interest came from but through it, I learned some random historical facts about my dad’s side. Little nuggets of info such as, I apparently have a Quaker ancestor from somewhere…

JESUS, YOU’VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!

Mark 10:17-31, Hebrews 4:12-16 Micah Bales I don’t know about you, but for me, this is a part of the Bible that strikes home in an almost visceral way. When I read this, I know that God has found me out. He has uncovered a place of weakness and resistance in me. He has found a…

HERE, EAT THIS! – WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY

Jesus as Food: a reflection 1 Corinthians 11:27-33 I grew up in Pennsylvania in a house that my parents built on a lot which was formerly part of the farm my Grandparents on my Hosler side used to farm. Now the connection to the actual farm was rather tenuous. My grandparents, Marlin and Mae Hosler,…