Blessed are the Thistles
February 17, 2019
Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC
6th Sunday after Epiphany
Luke 6:17-26
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Here is a link to a music video. The song is written and sung by one of Becca’s sons. Alison Krauss sings back-up. Enjoy!
A Joy-filled Response
December 16, 2018
Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC
Advent 3, Year C
Zephaniah 3:14-20; Luke 3:7-18
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YOU are part of ALL
September 23, 2018
Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC
Proper 20, Year B
Mark 9:30-37, James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a
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Gospel Text:
Jesus and his disciples passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him.
Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest. He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.”
An Open Letter to the Church
July 15, 2018
Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC
Proper 10, Year B
Ephesians 1:3-14
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Scripture Text:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.
