Jesus’ Metanioa Moment
September 8, 2024
Church of the Servant
16th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 18, Year B
Mark 7:24-37
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Sources: Loye Bradley Ashton, “Mark 7:24-37 Theological Perspective,” Bartlett, David L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown. Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 4: Season after Pentecost 2 (Propers 17-Reign of Christ) (Feasting on the Word: Year B volume). Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition. Page 116-188.
LGLO – It’s that Simple
September 1, 2024
Church of the Servant
15th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 17, Year B
Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 & Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
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Sources: Daisy Buchanan, “Wondering why that millennial won’t take your phone call? Here’s why, The Guardian, August 26,2016. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/26/whatsapp-phone-calls-smartphone-messaging-millennials, Accessed August 30, 2024.
Time to Share the Love
July 18, 2024
Church of the Servant
Recorded on May 3, 2020
A Reflection for the 9am Worshippers
For some reason I never posted this to my blog in May of 2020. The formal sermon was posted, but not this simple reflection for our 9am worshippers. It's a service that's very interactive and allows children and adults to engage with the scripture and explore not only what it meant in Jesus' time, but what it is saying to us in our current time.
As I am taking a break for Clergy Renewal (aka sabbatical), and while I'm away from the congregation I enjoy and serve, I've been reflecting on that time four years ago when we all navigated the onset of COVID-19. Everything was shut down and we were finding new ways to stay connected.
Perhaps posting this simple message now will help us reflect on those times, and consider what we learned from them - what surprised us, what inspired us, what did we see with new eyes, and where did we find the love that sustained us?
Our world could use a healthy dose of love right now. What might that look like in your neck of the woods?
God's Peace,
Rev. Jody
Good Shepherd Friday
March 29, 2024
Church of the Servant
Good Friday
John 18-19
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