Monthly Archives: January 2023

Ontological Argument 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Assuming that God’s existencemight be proved through logic,would you and I believein such an elegant God? Fourth Sunday After the EpiphanyJanuary 29, 2023

Ambassadors for Christ 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Cold morning. I opened the red doorto the sanctuary and slipped into the back row.No one turned around to look at me.I learned it was the first Sunday after the Epiphany as my downcast … Continue reading →

Life and Death in the Back Yard Isaiah 49:1-7 The neighbor’s cat with the pure black furnoticed my movement in the kitchenand fixed his stare at me.I eased forward to get a better viewof our small, oval-shaped lawnthrough the sliding … Continue reading →

[tanka] The voice of the Lord makes the oak trees writheand strips the forests bare. Psalm 29:8 in the rib cageof bare branches,the setting sunhoverslike a heart First Sunday after the EpiphanyJanuary 8, 2023

Open My Mind Ephesians 3:1-12 Open my mind to the stranger who differs from me.Empty my mind, O Lord, of ignorance and fear.Allow me to live in a world where knowledge is free.Give me a mind, O Lord, that is … Continue reading →