by afladmin | Apr 30, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn This reflection on life requires us to extend the lectionary reading to include the testing of King Solomon’s newly granted wisdom.How did Solomon know which baby belonged to which woman? Wisdom is not some supernatural ability to...
by afladmin | Apr 30, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn It’s a bad day when one is called to be a prophet. Isaiah was sent to an unresponsive people (Isaiah 6:910). Jeremiah was told he would face stern opposition, God warning him “Do not be dismayed by them, lies I dismay you before...
by afladmin | Apr 30, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn We are told that abortion concerns a woman’s right to choose. That abortion is an issue that is between a woman and her doctor. That abortion concerns the health of women. The idea that abortion involves men is alien to our cultural...
by afladmin | Apr 30, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn The first reading this month recounts David’s response to his own sin against Bathsheba and Uriah, sin that included covetousness, deception, adultery, and murder. What was David’s response? From what the Scriptures tell us, not...
by afladmin | Apr 30, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn I am always amazed that the Lord had to send Nathan the prophet to convict David of his sin. If ever a sin was obvious, it was David’s. Adultery and murder are at the top of anyone’s list of grave sins. Perhaps this is...
