ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 23, 2020 Scripture: Acts 5:1-2 However, a man named Ananias, along with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property. With his wife’s knowledge, he withheld some of the proceeds from the sale. He brought the rest and placed it in the care and under the authority of the apostles. Thought for the Day: A few weeks back, I preached on bears killing young people
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 22, 2020 Scripture: Matthew 21:12-13 Then Jesus went into the temple and threw out all those who were selling and buying there. He pushed over the tables used for currency exchange and the chairs of those who sold doves. He said to them, “It’s written, My house will be called a house of prayer. But you’ve made it a hideout for crooks.” Thought for the
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 21, 2020 Scripture: Amos 5:21-24 I hate, I reject your festivals; I don’t enjoy your joyous assemblies. If you bring me your entirely burned offerings and gifts of food— I won’t be pleased; I won’t even look at your offerings of well-fed animals. Take away the noise of your songs; I won’t listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 20, 2020 Prayer for the Week: Gifts Talents Resources Energy You beckon us with your vision, O Fashioner of the Sacred Future. Utilize us, for we are an essential offering in the making and establishing of your Grace-filled future. Discern with us as we honestly explore who we are and how you picture us involved in your Kingdom Structure. Point us where you need us
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 19, 2020 As many of you know, I have a special place in my heart for Guatemala as that is where we adopted Zach. This week, the Global Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has invited us to pray for Guatemala. Some of the mission partners there wrote the following… Supplication by Brayan Alvarado, General Coordinator of the Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala:
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 18, 2020 Scripture: 1st Corinthians 7:7 …each has a particular gift from God, one having one kind and another a different kind. Thought for the Day: The powerful and outspoken activist, Gloria Steinem wrote, “There’s no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better.” I don’t intend to make anyone feel guilty or like an underachiever, but how
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 17, 2020 Scripture: 1st Corinthians 1:27-28 But God chose what the world considers foolish to shame the wise. God chose what the world considers weak to shame the strong. And God chose what the world considers low-class and low-life—what is considered to be nothing—to reduce what is considered to be something to nothing. Thought for the Day: In Howard Thurman’s wonderful little book, Disciplines of
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 16, 2020 Scripture: 1st Corinthians 3:9-10 We are God’s coworkers, and you are God’s field, God’s building. I laid a foundation like a wise master builder according to God’s grace that was given to me, but someone else is building on top of it. Each person needs to pay attention to the way they build on it. Thought for the Day: It was Michael Jordan
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS January 15, 2020 Scripture: Psalm 18:6 In my distress I cried out to the LORD; I called to my God for help. God heard my voice from his temple; I called to him for help, and my call reached his ears. Thought for the Day: Does God hear our cries and then respond, or is God always in the mode of response even when we’ve not