Sermons (Page 15)
The Wisdomkeeper and the 3: Head Woman, Healing Tears and Creator Helps Him
SCRIPTURE: Shining Light Tells the Good Story 10:38-42 (Luke 10:38-42)First Nations Version, an Indigenous Translation of the New Testament 38 As they journeyed on, they went to a village where a woman named Head Woman (Martha) gave them lodging at her house. 39 Her sister Healing Tears (Mary), who lived with her, sat next to Creator Sets Free (Jesus) on the floor, listening to his teaching. As their Wisdomkeeper, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) would teach the men who gathered around…
A Visit with Eagles
Proverbs 30:18-19, Exodus 19:1-4, Isaiah 40:31 Common English Bible [ ] = text is adapted for gender neutrality/inclusion or clarity. Proverbs 30:18-19 [The collected wisdom of the people:] 18 Three things are too wonderful for me…19 the way of an eagle in the sky,the way of a snake on the rock,the way of a ship out on the open sea…. Exodus 19:1-4 [God spoke to Moses from the mountain and said,] “…Declare to the Israelites: 4 You saw what I…
Troubled Waters <> Healing Pools
John 5:2-9a-13-9b, 16-18, The Message and Common English Bible [ ] = text is adapted for gender neutrality/inclusion or clarity. Italics indicate the text is from The Message 2-6 …Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves.Hundreds of sick people—blind, crippled, paralyzed—were in these alcoves. One [sufferer] had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw [that one] stretched out by the pool and knew how long [they] had…
The Monotony of Manna
Numbers 11:7-9, 4-6 Common English Bible 7 The manna was like coriander seed and its color was like resin. 8 The people would roam around and collect it and grind it with millstones or pound it in a mortar. Then they would boil it in pots and make it into cakes. It tasted like cakes baked in olive oil. 9 When the dew fell on the camp during the night, the manna would fall with it.4 [Some] among them had…
Nine Times Out of Ten
Luke 17:11-19 Common Jewish Bible 11 On his way to Yerushalayim, Yeshua passed along the border country between Shomron and the Galil. 12 As he entered one of the villages, ten [people] afflicted with tzara‘at met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out, “Yeshua! Rabbi! Have pity on us!” 14 On seeing them, he said, “Go and let the cohanim examine you!” And as they went, they were cleansed. 15 One of them, as soon as he…
Today’s To-Do List
SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 NIV & For Everything There Is a Time, song by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette There is a time for everything,and a season for every activity under the heavens:2 [there is] a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,3 a time to kill and a time to heal,a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,a time…
How Does a Church Say Love (Pt 2)
SCRIPTURE: Matthew 28:19-20a Living Bible: Jesus, resurrected, came and said to the disciples:19 Go and make disciples in all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the [Creator] and of the [Christ] and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and then teach these new disciples… Mark 16:15 Common English Bible: Again, Jesus, resurrected, said to the disciples:15 Go into the whole world and proclaim the good news to every creature. Luke 10:25 New Living Translation: Jesus teaching:25 One day an…
How Does a Church Say Love (Pt 1)
SCRIPTURE: The dilemma: Genesis & John Genesis 11 The Message and Common English Bible1-2 At one time, the whole Earth spoke the same language. It so happened that as they moved out of the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled down. 3 They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks and fire them well.” They used brick for stone and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a…
Rooted in Love
Scripture: Ephesians 3: 14-21 NRSV 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Creator, 15 from whom every family in heaven and onearth takes its name. 16 I pray that, according to the riches of divine glory, God may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through the Holy Spirit, 17 and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. 18 I pray…
“Christ Our Peace”
SCRIPTURE: Ephesians 2:12-21 (New Revised Standard Version) 12 Remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For Christ is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken…