Thank you for what I’ve got…
Deuteronomy 8: 6-18
I borrowed a table clothe from a neighbour once and felt terrible when I spilt red wine all over it that left a terrible stain. It was a perfectly good table cloth, but it was ruined and I didn’t know what to do other than own up and pay the price of a new one.
An unthinkable question…
Matthew 18: 21-35
If you have forgiven me six or seven times for getting things wrong since I have been in Broadway I have a lot of credit to use up. If you have forgiven me seventy times we have a problem, but multiply that be seven and I could be on my last strike and out the door.
Listen with Love
Matthew 18: 15-20
One thing I am sure we agree on is that where two or three gather in his name Jesus is among us. Jesus stands among us at the meeting of our lives and will be our sweet agreement through the meeting of our eyes…
Oh, if only, we did see eye to eye, but I’m not so confident that the two or three — 20 or 30 or 200 or 300 — do listen to the one voice among us that heals and reconciles the pain and differences or forgives what we perceive as sin.
Live the dream…
Matthew 16: 21-28
Many of us can share a dream of seeing the world turned upside down, but unless we wake up and live the dream nothing much will change. The world chose not to wake-up to Martin Luther King’s dream and America today is still in a state of racial turmoil.
Who do YOU say Jesus is?
Matthew 16: 13-20
It doesn’t matter what other people think, what is most important is who Jesus is to you and whether you are ready to confess your faith to the world. It doesn’t matter who I say Jesus is, or who any other preacher says he is, because it’s our Father in heaven who reveals the truth, not me, or any other person.
Achieving our impossible personal best!
Matthew 14: 22-33
I believe miracles happen everyday, but I know the impossible will take a little longer. The impossible is what faith achieves and Peter lost some of that when he was out of the boat walking on water.
I said, “I can’t!”
Matthew 14: 13-21
This is a story in which I can hear myself saying, “I can’t,” but God gently says, “yes, you can.” Then after learning that I did something I never thought I could do God tells me to do something else and I say, “I can’t do that!” Guess what God says?
The kingdom of heaven is like YOU!
Slowly say the Lord’s prayer, pausing after each line then Read:
Matthew 13: 31- 46 with a pause to reflect on how you see yourself in each parable:
I am sure we all miss the physical meeting of each other in one place, but Zoom services offer us an opportunity we haven’t had before because we can look into the eyes of so many people all at the same time. Look at the faces in front of you now and give a smile of welcome and a wave…. Amazing! We’ve just said hello to the kingdom of heaven.