August 2024

August 11, 2024. Texts: 1 Kings 19:4-8; Ephesians 4:25 – 5:2; John 6:35, 41-51. He ran. After Elijah had all of Jezebel’s prophets of Baal killed in the wadi, he ran to inform the citizens of Jezreel of the glorious news. Israel’s God had come at Elijah’s call in a fiery appearance while the Caananite […]

August 4, 2024. Texts: Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15; Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35. There’s a worship song called “Dance With Me”. It used to be a favorite at Christian Summer Camps. “This is holy time. We’re gathered together to worship you, to love one another. And as we pray, and as we sing, and as we dance,

July 28, 2024. Texts: 2 Kings 4:42-44; Ephesians 3:14-21; John 6:1-21. Families are the place most of us begin learn. Sometimes by careful verbal instruction. Some things such as tying shoelaces are taught by demonstration. Other things are picked up by observing attitudes of others toward, say, Aunt Iphigenia’s money problems, or Cousin Arthur’s questionable

July 21, 2024. Texts: Jeremiah 23:1-6; Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56. Remember the great Biosphere 2 experiment in Arizona? Whatever happened to that attempt to create an enclosed environment that would mimic earth’s biosphere? Perhaps you remember hearing some differing accounts about its success and its validity as a scientific experiment. Turns out that two

July 14, 2024. Texts: Amos 7:7-15; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29. Families can be great and they can also be messy. All families have systems by which they operate for better or for worse. Individuals within the family follow patterns that are set early in life without our conscious awareness. Sometimes these are healthy and functional.