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How Deep do we long to go?
How Deep do we long to go? The waters ahead are not easy to navigate. Even Jesus spent time trying to stay in love with God through this struggle. Read for yourself. And then consider the words of the Poet below. How Deep? Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, “If you…
Toward Sunday
We continue our five-week worship series this Sunday with a celebration of Baptism! It is a beautiful gathering in the life of our community. This worship series will invite reflection on the significance of our Baptismal identities. The United Methodist Book of Worship states, “Baptism is an act that looks back with gratitude on what God’s grace has already accomplished, it is here and now an act of God’s grace, and it looks forward to what God’s grace will accomplish…
Growing in Faith
“You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” Mark 10.22 The one thing you lack is whatever you need to let go of. Once you have unclenched your fists from your money there is your health and your family, your faith, your assurance, your feeling good. The Beloved waits for you, while you are encumbered with whatever you’d rather have than…