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Here we are in the midst of the COVID pandemic, which is causing death, causing loss of jobs, causing isolation, contributing to domestic and civil violence, it is causing distrust in our government's decision making ability, and worry about our planet's future.
Scripture: Genesis 32:22-31
The Kingdom of God is justice and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Our passage in Genesis recalls the powerful vision God gives Jacob. Prior to this event, Jacob’s mom, Rebekah warns Jacob of Esau, his older brother, and Esau’s hatred towards Jacob and his plan to kill Jacob because he had stolen Esau’s blessing with the aid of Rebekah.
As I reach my mid 50’s in this time of the Covid 19 Pandemic and the aftermath of the lynching/ by strangulation by police of George Floyd in Minneapolis, I have been shaken...we all have been shaken by the challenges and threats to our collective welfare. A video replayed over and over of his horrific torture and murder with racial hatred at its core has brought to light the profound suffering for 400 years of black
May God use me today as a mouthpiece of His word.
I was angry and I didn’t know why. Trying to enter into the Genesis scripture this week set it off.
Good morning. These are amazing scriptures with common themes. In all of them we are confronted with direct images and experiences of bullying intimidation and death, but also grace-filled release and new life, in all of them there are choices and a dilemma presented, and in all of them Grace intervenes to offer a way through and out of the dilemma—where God may be revealed.
June 14, 2020
Text: Genesis 18:1-15
Sara laughed. Here’s what I think really happened. Sarah overheard the discussion and once again was stabbed in the heart. She, a woman of 90, had been barren. When she married Abraham, there were big dreams about children – lot of them. But year after year, when all her friends were having children, she could not conceive. Then four times she conceived but lost the babies within a few months into pregnancy. And here was this stranger saying she would have a child at her old age. How ridiculous. How absurd. And Abraham just listened, as though he believed it. “Yeah, right,” she thought. “God says I’m going to have a baby after all this time? What a joke.” She laughed.
May 31, 2020
Good Morning 8th Day! I’m so thankful for this opportunity to share with you this morning on such a special day. Today we celebrate Recommitment Sunday, Pentecost, and my first teaching at 8th Day! I’m thankful for Sito’s invitation to speak today, as it both gave me the opportunity to dive deeper into understanding of Pentecost (which I honestly didn’t know much about) and gives me a chance to share more of me with all of you!
