“I believe in the Holy Spirit” Not many words, but many, many meanings. When we affirm our belief in the Spirit we affirm that God is present with us as the Holy Spirit to comfort, console, guide, teach, lead, empower, enable, and change us; that our God is not
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Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried.”I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth….. So few words; so much deep meaning. When we repeat this phrase of the Apostle’s Creed we are affirming
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I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth….. AND in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord. So few words, so many deep meanings! When we repeat this second phrase of the Apostle’s Creed we are affirming many things: That Jesus IS the
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I hope you were in worship last week when we began our exploration of the Apostle’s Creed. We talked about the origins of the Creed: how it began as a series of questions posed to persons seeking baptism and membership in the church in about the third century
Continue readingWhat a glorious Easter we shared together on March 31! The early hour in the garden, with the sun peeking over the horizon, was a very special blessing. But it was followed by a series of blessings: services with brass and choirs and praise bands, acknowledging again and again the
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This week will bring us to the end of our Lenten journey, as we gather on Thursday to remember the night when Jesus celebrated Passover with his friends and forever transformed it by lifting bread to say, “This is my body, given for you;” by lifting wine and saying “This
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I am so grateful for the Rev. Dr. Robert Stanley, who filled in for me Sunday after I became ill late Saturday. I asked if he would be able to preach on the spiritual discipline of generosity, and with no notice whatsoever (I think we talked about 8:30 p.m. Saturday
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We are nearing the end of our study of spiritual disciplines – practices that enable us to draw closer to God and shape a life that is pleasing to God. We’ve talked about prayer – honest, forthright, regular conversations with God; and about our need to gather with other Christians
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I was amazed to discover that out of 200 Life Journals ordered and put out on Sunday, just 5 remained at the end of the day. That means that 195 persons out there have a whole new tool to help you draw closer to the only One that
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We are continuing our journey through spiritual practices that can be helpful in tuning our hearts to God’s heart; in aligning our spirits to the One Spirit that matters, the Holy Spirit of God. This week we talked about the discipline of keeping the Sabbath holy and
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