Monthly Archives: October 2014
You’re Hired
You know how nerve-wracking it is to wait and wonder whether you’re hired for a job? Sometimes we have the same kind of uncertainty about God. But worry no longer…for God has made a new covenant with us in Jesus Christ. You’re hired! You are part of God’s family, now […]
On God’s Side
With two weeks until the election, a lot of people are asking “whose side are you on?” But what does it mean to be on God’s side? 19th Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) – Sunday, October 19, 2014 – Isaiah 45:1-9, Matthew 22:15-22 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia […]
We Request the Pleasure of Your Company
Today we explore Matthew’s version of a story Jesus told – a story about invited guests who reject the invitation the wedding banquet of their king’s son. For Matthew and his community, this story was a way to condemn those who rejected their invitation to come to faith in Christ […]
God Is One of Us
What does God look like? And what does God desire for the world? In many ways, our whole religion is about responding to these questions. The chief priests and elders in Jerusalem thought they knew all the answers. Sometimes we do. But Jesus always keeps surprising us. 17th Sunday […]