Yes, this certainly IS a strange 4th of July! I’ve heard so many people say that — or something like that — almost everywhere I’ve been (with my mask firmly in place and six feet away). No big cookouts. No gatherings to enjoy fireworks. No parties by the pool. But there is much to be celebrated because we have been invited, compelled, by our own Declaration of Independence to hold our government accountable to upholding the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness.
Join Tom and me this Sunday at eleven:eleven as we examine at the parable of The Good Samaritan, “the parable of The Man in the Ditch,” as we consider the possibility that we might be the one in the ditch and our enemy may indeed be the very one who could save us.
The parables of Jesus are meant to baffle, and by that I mean to shake off our blinders, to reveal something we had not seen before, to think differently about things. Join us this Sunday as we explore Jesus the storyteller — and how primary means of teaching was through the use of parables.
On Sundays, at eleven:eleven downtown, Tom and I have been doing a lot of referencing to the concept of “Shalom”- most often translated as “peace,” but probably best understood as “peace, unity, wholeness of being, harmony.” Shalom is what God wants for you and me and for all creation.I hope you can join us as Tom and I continue our conversations on “Your Pandemic / Post-Pandemic Self” this Sunday as we’re “gonna get down and dirty with the resurrection”
My husband, Tom, and I are venturing into some new territory – dialogue sermons for the next few weeks during eleven:eleven. Essentially, talking together about what we’re thinking about talking about! It’s a little intimidating for me. But I’m willing to walk some new paths and hope you’ll be there with us as we explore what this time has to offer – as we explore this new series: Ctrl – Alt – Del (Your Pandemic/post-Pandemic Self).
When was Christmas season? What was Epiphany? What did The Twelve Days of Christmas (Ladies dancing, Lords a leaping) have to do with the church calendar? And what was that word you just said – Epiphany?
Many of you already know this, but I have a strong German heritage — my father came from a small German community near Brenham and German was his first language.
I may not know what the denomination will look like in the weeks or months to come, but I know what FUMCFW will look like — a community of the faithful seeking to walk in the ways of Jesus.
In the wake of all that is going on around us, in our world and even in our denomination, it seems especially important to use this Lenten season as a time to deeply reflect and consider who we are as a faith community.
Christmas — and all the days leading up to it — and silence? Pairing these two things is not the reality for most people.
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