by afladmin | Jul 1, 2025
By: The Rev. Libbie Weber Look at that collect! It sets the tone for Life visibly and audibly right at the beginning of the service this week. In God’s graciousness He sends His blessed Son Jesus Christ from heaven to earth to be the true bread that gives us and...
by afladmin | Jul 1, 2025
By: The Rev. Libbie Weber Interesting how this story about the Greeks at the Passover festival goes down, so to speak. They tell Philip that they ‘…wish to see Jesus’. Philip doesn’t immediately go to Jesus, which it seems he would have been...
by afladmin | Jul 1, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn It is the last word in Genesis describing life as God intended it. Just like Adam and Eve, we long to know and to be known for who we are. But we rarely let others know us as we are, for fear that if we did they would walk away. We...
by afladmin | Jul 1, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn In light of the text from John 4, I want to make a few observations on Jesus’ encounter with a sexually and relationally broken woman. While there are a myriad of helpful observations to make from this passage, I’ll limit them to...
by afladmin | Jul 1, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn The translation above is not common, but I trust uncontroversial. But let me defend it. The literal meaning of the word often translated “forgive” in the Old Testament is nasa’, which means to bear or to carry. It is the word behind...
