The Gospel lesson for this morning is one you might not have ever heard. It is unusual and when you first hear it, your initial reaction might be… Is that OUR Jesus telling the story as it seems absolutely counter to what we would expect Jesus to say. It seems as though God does not
I remember the first time I heard the motto of the US Army Rangers. It was in a movie and in a heroic moment one soldier said to another that they could not retreat to safety until they were able to get their fellow injured soldier to safety with them. The one soldier said to
This morning’s scripture lessons were the last few verses from the Book of Exodus which we trekked through all summer and the first verses from the Gospel of John. Simply stated, their message is that God is with us. Before I went on vacation last week, I read them and took copies of them with
Anna E. Rosas, Inquirer in the PCUSA September 1, 2019 Luke 14:1, 7-14 Good Morning Who didn’t think they would be here this Morning? I’m your typical Miami native who didn’t put her shutters up, bought minimal water, and prepared by buying snacks and sharing hurricane Memes on social media. We natives seem flippant, about hurricanes
I have been waiting all summer for today. Not that I thought I had a great sermon to preach, but because the part of the Book Of Exodus we are going over today includes the story of the Israelites and the Golden Calf, a story all of us know and to which, well, at least
This summer we have been on a slow trek moving through the Book of Exodus. We have heard the stories of the ancient Hebrews who were slaves in Egypt, of Yahweh calling a reluctant but very good leader in Moses who led the people out of slavery, across the Red Sea, through the desert to
August 11, 2019 Exodus 24 Exodus: The Story of God’s Love for God’s People: The Blood of the Covenant The Rev. Martha M. Shiverick Riviera Presbyterian Church In another month we are going to install and ordain new officers to the session. We will do this during a worship service on a Sunday in September.
August 4, 2019 Exodus 21-23 Exodus: A Story Of God’s Love for God’s People – The Book of the Covenant The Rev. Martha M. Shiverick My first call out of graduate schools was to Denison University in Granville Ohio. I moved to this small town, recently a dry Baptist town in central Ohio after
We have been slowly journeying through the Book of Exodus all summer and we left our wandering Israelites two weeks ago right as they arrived at Mt. Sinai. This has so far been a journey from slavery in Egypt to freedom but even now at Mt. Sinai, where they will camp for months, they have
Summers in Florida are longer than in other parts of the country…. It starts heating up in April and by this time each year, we are experiencing the highest temperatures of the year. And then as we move into August, the chances of hurricanes increase until the heat finally seems to die down in late