Reflection August 3, 2008 Tim Schmucker Text: Acts 10 The sermon I was to give today had grown out of a challenge from the preaching team to preach on business and money. That was going to be hard enough – I thought I had gotten out of it with this malaria or dengue tropical disease – but not quite, I guess. So, now I have a 7 minute reflection, and it’s about sexuality. Umm, not sure which is more difficult.…
From Babel to Pentecost May 27th, 2007 (Pentecost) Gary Harder Text: Genesis 11:1-9 Luke 24:45-53 Acts 2 Introduction This week I finished reading Immaculee Llbagiza’s book “Left to tell – Discovering God amidst the Rwandan Holocaust”. It is a powerful and disturbing book. The Hutus and Tutsis were the two biggest tribes in Rwanda. Mostly they got along very well with each other, living in the same villages, inter-marrying, going to school together, forming fast friendships with each other. Deep…
Global Warming and Predictions From Modern Day Prophets February 4th, 2007 John Lobach Text: Genesis 6:5-8, 7:10-11 Jonah 1:1-3, 3:1-2, 3:10 I am here as Pastchair, to share some of my thoughts with you. On reflection, it was a year of many personnel changes and I could talk about the many gifts required in a well functioning church community, but today, I would like to talk about a gift in a different way, God’s gift of nature to us, which…