by afladmin | Jun 18, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn Several years ago I asked my friend Frank if I could use some of the wood in his barn to build a table for our church. Although he wanted the wood for some future undetermined project, he hadn’t done anything with it yet, and so said...
by afladmin | Jun 18, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn One of the things that many of us may not appreciate sufficiently is Jesus’ mind. His toughness and his tenderness are readily apparent in the Gospels, but that Jesus is just flat smart is perhaps underappreciated. The Gospel...
by afladmin | Jun 18, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn Sometimes the lectionary makes decisions based on an assessment of the importance of a passage, such as when it leaves out a long genealogy of difficult-to-pronounce names. Or it will omit a section because it doesn’t seem to be...
by afladmin | Jun 18, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn Some things are not complicated. One is the life that grows in the womb of a mother. If you show an ultrasound picture to a child, he will tell you the picture is of a baby. Try it. It requires the instruction of the “wise and...
by afladmin | Jun 17, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more (Matthew 2:18). The following reflection comes from the portion of the Gospel that was...
