By Nathan Hosler Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15, Ephesians 4:1-16, John 6:24-35 This was the 15th day of the second month. Approximately 45 days since they were liberated from slavery. And they were in the desert wilderness. And they were hungry. The wilderness has often been a place of testing. Much later, Jesus will go into the…
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Miracle Love
Guest Preacher Julia Baker Backward Miracle Every once in a while we need a backward miracle that will strip language, make it hold for a minute: just the vessel with the wine in it— a sacramental refusal to multiply, reclaiming the single loaf and the single fish thereby. I am often asked what my poems…
The God of More
Preacher: Jessie Houff Scriptures: Ephesians 5:15-20 and John 6:51-58 We continue our unplanned Bread series this week with yet another scripture on eating and drinking the symbolic body and blood of Jesus. These last few weeks we’ve reflected on the miracle of feeding the 5,000, Jesus walking on water and guiding his disciples to safety,…
Life Bread—Bread of life
Preacher: Nathan Hosler Scriptures: 1 Kings 19:4-8, John 6:35, 41-51, & Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Sometime in the middle of the week we would bike, walk, or drive about a kilometer down a dusty road through farm fields and past mango trees from Kulp Bible College to Church of the Brethren (EYN) Headquarters and the ZME (Women’s…
Washington City Church of the Brethren 