Epiphany 4: So Much for the Good News

Epiphany 4: So Much for the Good News

Epiphany 4 (1/31/15) Jer. 1:4-10 Psalm 71:1-6 1 Cor. 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 I assure you that no prophet is welcome in the prophet’s hometown. (Luke 4:24, CEB) Jesus spoke aloud the prophecies of Isaiah to the gathered congregation, and at his words the...
Epiphany 3: Going Home by Nikki Finkelstein-Blair

Epiphany 3: Going Home by Nikki Finkelstein-Blair

Epiphany 3 (January 24, 2016) Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 Luke 4:14-21 Today, this scripture has been fulfilled just as you heard it. (Luke 4:21b, CEB) What do you do after forty days of fasting, after being challenged by the Devil...
Epiphany 4: So Much for the Good News

Epiphany 1: Your Light Has Come

Arise! Shine! Your light has come; the Lord’s glory has shone upon you. Nations will come to your light… Lift up your eyes and look all around: they are all gathered; they have come to you. (Isaiah 60:1, 3a, 4 CEB) The baby Jesus has been born, and the...
Psalm 143: We Remember for Her by Pam Durso

Psalm 143: We Remember for Her by Pam Durso

I remember the days of old,     I think about all your deeds,     I meditate on the works of your hands. I stretch out my hands to you;     my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. (Psalm 143:5-6) On this day, December 21, one hundred years ago, Lillie Robinson...