Song of Solomon 2:8-13; James 1:16-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Jennifer Hosler Not every book in the Bible says, “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!” (Song of Sol. 1:2) or “Look! Here [comes my beloved], leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills” (2:8). Start reading Song of Solomon and you…
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COSMIC POWERS?
Ephesians 6:10-20 Nate Hosler Precisely a week ago we were on a plane returning from a week in Disney World with Jenn’s family. They had traveled south to Florida from a not nearly as hot Canada to celebrate our nephew’s 10th birthday. In addition to a keen enthusiasm for sugar and bright song filled environs,…
GOIN’ ON A GOD HUNT
Ephesians 5:15-20 Jeff Davidson Not too long after we started dating I said something to Julia, I don’t remember what, and she replied, “Jeff you don’t need to give me an idiot lesson.” I didn’t know I’d given her an idiot lesson. I didn’t even know what an idiot lesson was. It didn’t make sense…
SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE
Ephesians 4:1-16 Jeff Davidson (note – BVS refers to Brethren Volunteer Service, a program where volunteers serve in a variety of assignments around the world for 1-2 years. In today’s service a BVS orientation unit and a Senior High work camp were in attendance.) For those of you who don’t know me, I work at…
LENGTH AND HEIGHT AND DEPTH
John 6:1-21, Ephesians 3:14-21 Nate Hosler We have heard two passages in which God is proclaimed/worshiped/shows up. Between the passages in Ephesians and John the John 6 feels more manageable. It feels less abstract and more understandable. Sure there are unusual events–the multiplication of bread and walking on water but I can picture these. Start with…
HE IS OUR PEACE
Psalm 23, Ephesians 2:11-22 Jeff Davidson Back in the 1980’s, one of my favorite comedians was Emo Philips. A lot of his jokes are based on wordplay, which I like, and a lot of his jokes have a religious or faith aspect to them. For instance: “When I was a kid, I used to pray…
WHO ARE THE PROPHETS?
Mark 6:14-29 and Ephesians 6:10-13 Micah Bales When I was 18, I spent my first summer away from home. For six weeks in between my senior year of high school and my freshman year of college, I participated in the Young Adult Leadership Development program at a Quaker retreat center called Pendle Hill, just outside…
HEED THE PROPHET
Ezekiel 2:1-5, Mark 6:1-13 Bryan Hanger The idea and role of the prophet has always been a fascinating thing to me. When I think of prophets I often think of images of charismatic preachers speaking powerfully and emotionally and sometimes quite strangely. And I don’t know about y’all but when I read the stories about…
(THERE MAY YET BE HOPE) A REFLECTION ON THE CHARLESTON MASSACRE
2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 Nate Hosler [Read 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27] There are different ways of learning to do a new task and similarly there are different ways of learning from the Bible. Think of learning to hammer a nail. Would you read a book? Study a history of the design of hammers? While there…
CHARLESTON
Jeff Davidson Originally I was planning to talk about Father’s day. I’ve been fortunate to have a wonderful father who has loved me as much and treated me as well as anyone ever could have, but I know and wanted to recognize that not everyone has been that fortunate. I was going to talk about…
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