Background: The Via Delarosa begins with two beautiful and well-furnished chapels. The first one remembers Jesus being sentenced to death and flogged. Read: John 19:4-6 Reflect: We have to wonder, how many in the crowd that Friday morning were present on Palm Sunday or during the week Jesus taught in the temple courts? How many people … [Read more…]
Virtual Worship April 5th, 2020 Welcome! While we can not gather in person we can still worship as a faith community. Please leave comments and join in the conversation on our Facebook page. We are here to accomplish our mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. We are … [Read more…]
Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11 If you spend any amount of time with me, something that becomes evident quickly is that I love Star Wars. I have a ton of reasons why I think stories about space wizards with laser swords that take place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away are the … [Read more…]
Virtual Worship March 29th, 2020 Welcome! While we can not gather in person we can still worship as a faith community. Please leave comments and join in the conversation on our Facebook page. We are here to accomplish our mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. We are … [Read more…]
Scripture: John 11:17-44 Last week Disney made a surprise announcement that Onward, the most recent Pixar movie, was coming out for digital release and Disney+ early. Given that no one can go to movie theaters right now, that made a lot of sense. We have Disney+ and if my kids have not already watched … [Read more…]
When Bishop Tremble, the episcopal leader of the Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, announced that churches should not meet for four weeks, I think all pastors immediately grabbed a calendar to look ahead. It was with shock and disappointment that I think all of these pastors realized that Easter was included in this … [Read more…]
Virtual Worship March 22nd, 2020 Welcome! While we can not gather in person we can still worship as a faith community. Please leave comments and join in the conversation on our Facebook page. We are here to accomplish our mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. We are here … [Read more…]
Scripture: Ephesians 5:8-14 In the late 1980s/early 1990s, professional wrestling was in a golden age of peak popularity, and Hulkamania was running wild. There are several really popular wrestlers from that era. One of the more bombastic ones was George “The Animal” Steele. The wrestling color commentators would often call him the “missing link” as … [Read more…]
Dear Church, I went to seminary to prepare for vocational ministry as clergy, but there were not any seminary courses about what to do in the event of a global pandemic. This is uncharted territory for all of us, and it requires all of us to make temporary changes to our normal way of living. … [Read more…]
Scripture: Romans 5:1-11 In 1989 musician Billy Joel was at a turning point in his career. The successes of songs like Piano Man were well behind him. In 1989 he turned 40, which in Rock and Roll years is well over the hill. He was in the studio working on recording Storm Front, which would … [Read more…]
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