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  • Hard Of Hearing

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 9, 2023
     | 773 views

    How much of what God wants us to hear have we actually heard? And does it matter how much we hear if we don’t do what we’re told?

    Have any of you visited the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City? That’s what I kept thinking of as I meditated on this parable. Because just as I was leaving Presbytery last Tuesday evening, I ran into Bob Higgs, who is Executive Director of the Atlantic City Mission Council. He was carrying several ...read more

  • Signs Of Life

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 9, 2023
     | 641 views

    Taking, hoarding and passivity are signs of death. But the signs of life are the opposite: receiving, giving, and acting.

    There was a popular song about 30 years ago which some of you might remember. It went, “They’re rioting in Africa, they’re starving in Spain, there’s hurricanes in Florida and Texas needs rain" ...and ending with “What nature doesn’t do to us will be done by our fellow man.” It only needs a ...read more

  • ¿quién Como Él? El Dios Libertador

    Contributed by Wilbur Madera Rivas on Sep 8, 2023
     | 1,382 views

    Sólo nuestro Dios nos hace verdaderamente libres

    En nuestro pasado reciente, todos experimentamos una disminución en varias de nuestras libertades. No podías ir a donde quisieras, cuando quisieras o como quisieras. Podías transitar sólo hasta ciertas horas de la noche. Lo más cercano que podías estar a personas ...read more

  • Brotherhood

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 8, 2023
     | 671 views

    The brother of the prodigal son, the good brother, is jealous.

    “It’s not fair!” Avner kicked the kicked the fencepost where the calf now sizzling on the spit had been tethered not an hour before. “It’s just not fair. That brat has been spoiled rotten ever since he was born. I used to think some demon must have switched babies in the crib, how Abba and Eema ...read more

  • Follow The Leader

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 8, 2023
     | 622 views

    A third perspective is what Jesus is saying about the sheep. That is, that left to their own devices, sheep will stray.

    Why do you suppose The Runaway Bunny is one of the most popular books for toddlers ever written? Because it reassures the child that whatever happens, she can’t get lost for good. Even if he gets mad and runs away, he still can’t get lost - because the mother bunny will always come after her child. ...read more

  • Humility Rules

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 6, 2023
     | 681 views

    Only the humble can hear God, and only the humble can represent the Gospel to the world.

    Anybody here remember back to when John Hinkley tried to assassinate President Reagan? Alexander Haig was Secretary of State at the time, and his response to the crisis was to tell everybody that he was in charge. Which, of course, was not true. the Vice President is next in line, then the Speaker ...read more

  • Looking For Mr. Right

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 6, 2023
     | 416 views

    Jesus wants to be loved for the right reasons.

    I expect most of you know that fear of commitment is endemic in today’s society. It's not surprising. I expect many if not most of us have experienced - or at least witnessed - bad relationships or are the children of divorce ourselves. If you've gotten burnt, you're more than a little ...read more

  • Freedom Day

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 5, 2023
     | 932 views

    All our days were given by God and belong to God; but on the Sabbath day he gives us freedom as well.

    Leah didn’t know why she kept coming to the synagogue. She counted the days up in her head... every seven days for eighteen years, it had to be at least 400 times, she thought. At first people were sorry for her, and someone would take her arm to help her up the steps to section reserved for the ...read more

  • Sign Language

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 4, 2023
     | 574 views

    Each of these incidents is a sign from God reminding us that life is temporary but that God is eternal.

    What’s the first thing you think of when you hear of falling towers and people dying? Right. Nine-eleven. And looking around on the web I found that even though this is the gospel passage for the third Sunday in Lent of Cycle C of the lectionary, by far the most sermons were written on this topic ...read more

  • The Price Of Peace

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 4, 2023
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     | 634 views

    Jesus warns his followers that the consequences of following him will be painful and disruptive, and that they’d better be prepared for it.

    The disciples were confused. When the Messiah came, peace and righteousness would reign from one end of the earth to the other. All the prophets agreed. And if Jesus was the Messiah as they were all now pretty sure he was, he would be the one who brought it about. He would be the Prince of Peace ...read more

  • While You Wait

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 4, 2023
     | 1,372 views

    In these three stories about what to do until while waiting for him to come back, Jesus encourages the faithful and warns the faithless.

    If you’ve been following along this series in your Bible at home, you’ll know that we finished the series on the Sermon on the Mount last week. At that point, I returned to the Gospel passage from the revised common lectionary, which gives four readings for each Sunday and festival in the ...read more

  • For The Duration

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 4, 2023
     | 436 views

    The cost of discipleship is high because nothing good comes cheap.

    Anybody planning on moving to Florida soon? Just when you thought California was going to be the new hurricane central, Idalia came back and reinstated Florida as number one. It wasn’t as bad as Hurricane Ian, but it was bad enough. And yet a lot of people still dream of retiring to Florida. I’ll ...read more

  • Building Bigger Barns

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 2, 2023
     | 1,206 views

    The real fools are those who, being satisfied with their lives as they are, forget God, forget their neighbors, and forget their mortality.

    What is wrong with this picture? Imagine that you are in the audience that long-ago day in Judea, listening to Jesus preach. There are thousands in the crowd, but you got there early. In fact, you waited all night to get a good seat. Jesus’ reputation has grown all over Palestine, and people have ...read more

  • ¿quién Como Él? El Dios Fiel

    Contributed by Wilbur Madera Rivas on Sep 2, 2023
     | 1,269 views

    Nuestra esperanza está en Dios solamente porque siempre es fiel a su pacto, palabra y promesas.

    Es muy común escuchar que el noviazgo es una fase para que la pareja se conozca. Pero los que hemos pasado por él, sabemos que esta declaración no es tan precisa. Ciertamente, en el noviazgo llegas a conocer muy parcialmente algo de tu pareja. Quizá te enteres un poco de su ...read more

  • Priorities

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 1, 2023
     | 1,086 views

    When Jesus comes first, everything else falls into place.

    Good morning. My name is Martha, and I don’t come out looking very good in the story I’m about to tell you. Mind you, I meant well, but meaning well doesn’t mean doing well. And of course, I was also doing what everybody expected me to do. I always have. It’s safe, I’m good at it, and besides, ...read more

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