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
The WHY Factor
April 28, 2024
Church of the Servant
5th Sunday of Easter
John 15:1-8; Acts 8:26-40
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[1] Napoleon Hill, “Think and Grow Rich” 1938.
[2] Simon Sinek, “How great leaders inspire action,” TedxTalk September 2009. https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en
Walking the Way of Peace
April 14, 2024
Church of the Servant
3rd Sunday of Easter - Year B
Luke 24:36b-48, Acts 3:12-19
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Source: Luke Timothy Johnson, The Acts of the Apostles, Sacra Pagina Vol. 5, Daniel Harrington, ed., The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN (1992), p. 69.
Finding Faith
April 7, 2024
Church of the Servant
2nd Sunday of Easter - Year B
John 20:19-31
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Source: Fred B. Craddock, John, Atlanta, GA: John Knox Press (1982), 142-143.
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