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Be Still & Know
Be Still & Know

Rest seems like a luxury that only a few can afford and it can even sometimes be seen as a shameful transgression in our go-go-go society where busyness and exhaustion are worn as badges of honor. But we’re told that rest is what Jesus instructs the disciples (and us) to do. Be Still and Know that I am God. This is our invitation and command from God…To stop and listen to the God we are called to serve to see what that God actually wants us to do and be in this place and time, to stop and trust in God instead of our own wisdom and guidance.

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Communicationsdiscipleship, Jesus, be still, rest, relaxation, stress, healing, Holy SpiritComment
How "Fever" Calls Us to Serve
How "Fever" Calls Us to Serve

One of the most wonderful aspects of scripture is its ability to speak meaningfully to our lives today, no matter what is happening around us. It could be a single word that triggers a reaction like never before. The word from this week’s reading has to be “fever.” The fact that we can’t go to appointments, some stores, or other venues without getting our temperature taken makes us pause and consider how being sick changes life’s daily activities and what effect it had on communities in scripture as well as today.

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Pastor Mikefever, pandemic, Jesus, healing, miracles, sickness, community, serviceComment
To Forgive Is Not To Forget
To Forgive Is Not To Forget

There is a general perception about forgiveness that suggests when one is wronged to forgive also means to forget what happened and move on. This type of forgiveness is not what Paul describes in his letter to the Corinthians. Paul is the one who was hurt and pained and he does not simply forget it happened. For Paul, forgiveness requires a bringing to light of what happened. In order for true forgiveness to take place, there needs to be an element of confession of what has happened so all parties can move forward together.

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Pastor MikePaul, forgiveness, pain, forget, healing, sins, confession, hurtComment
To Dust You Shall Return
To Dust You Shall Return

Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Every year we come here to our sanctuary in the evening hours of a winter night and walk forward to receive black ash pressed into our foreheads in the shape of a cross as we hear these words – you are dust and to dust you shall return. These words are an ominous reminder of the fragility of life and our own mortality.

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Pastor MikeJesus, God, plague, healing, illness, Christian, dust, Ash Wednesday, mortalityComment