by fkeene | Jul 24, 2021 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
Ninth Sunday After Pentecost July 25, 2021 Springwell Holy Communion A Meditation King David was relatively young. He was bored. And he was randy. For a long time, no one had said no to him. All of that was a dangerous mess. Among everything else, he had a chip on his...
by fkeene | Jul 17, 2021 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
Eighth Sunday After Pentecost July 18, 2021 Springwell Holy Communion A Meditation In this short gospel reading from Mark, we find no rest from crowds of sick people seeking Jesus out for miracle cures. Jesus had desired a break because he and his followers...
by fkeene | Jul 10, 2021 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
A Meditation John the Baptist was a real person, whose reputation extended beyond Israel to ancient historians of the time. All the gospels pay respect to the...
by fkeene | Jun 26, 2021 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
A Meditation David went to war with those who adopted him and treated him like family: King Saul who invited David into the closest circle of the king’s family, and Jonathan, Saul’s son. David and Jonathan both saw each other as more beloved than a brother—for a while...
by fkeene | Jun 20, 2021 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
A Meditation We’re continuing our preaching series this Sunday with the story of David and Goliath. This story is typically relegated to Sunday school classes. For us adults, the grime, blood, and fear, as well as the teaching “poem” about God’s generosity are...
by fkeene | Jun 19, 2021 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
A Meditation Right now—and for the last many hundreds of years—seekers have tried to find proof that David from the Old Testament actually lived. My opinion is this: It’s sort of the finding the site of Troy, the place of the ancient war chronicled in the Iliad. It...
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