by fkeene | Nov 20, 2020 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
Our Debt to God and That to the World November 15, 2020 A Meditation Reading the Bible and looking carefully and critically at power dynamics is crucial to understand scripture’s wisdom and life lessons. It is not always a pretty picture. God uses power for good (the...
by fkeene | Nov 20, 2020 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
A Meditation In today’s gospel from Matthew, Jesus is engaged in midrash. In Jewish practice, midrash is a process of seeking Truth in scripture, often through self-study, and also often within a group of other dedicated, knowledgeable seekers. Midrash is based...
by fkeene | Oct 15, 2020 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST “It is God who is at work in you.” A MEDITATION In the series of gospel stories we’ve been reading, Jesus is on the way to Jeru- salem. There he will die. As his journey converges with destiny, the narrative gets ever...
by fkeene | Jul 26, 2020 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
Rev. Dr. Neil O’Farrell A MEDITATION “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” “The Kingdom of God is like….” This is the basis of many of Jesus’ teachings, and particularly several of the short parables in today’s gospel. The Kingdom is embedded in our creeds...
by fkeene | Jul 19, 2020 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
The Rev. Dr. Neil O’Farrell A MEDITATION Jesus in today’s gospel from Matthew does what we all do: That is, we read scripture and mine its deeper, personal, spiritual meaning. Jesus teaches his followers that the last word is not scripture’s often opaque text, but...
by fkeene | Jul 19, 2020 | Meditation and Prayer, Reflections & Bulletins
The Rev. Dr. Neil O’Farrell A MEDITATION “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” We can attest to the fact that Jesus taught in parables. His parables were so compelling that when the gospel evangelists chronicled his life, his parables were a beacon...
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