Archive for July, 2008

Matthew 14: 22- 33; Pentecost 12 A; "Another Miracle"

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Theme: When God breaks into the ordinary, miracles occur.
The word, “miracle,” and the experience of the miraculous, is in no way confined to Biblical times or the first century.  The word, “miracle,” and the experience of the miraculous, is very much part of our modern world and our everyday lives.
Let me illustrate.  You open [...]

Genesis 37:1 - 28, Pentecost 12 A, "Favorite Son"

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

One of the most obvious values that my mother displayed, was the equal treatment of her three daughters.  What one received, the other two received.  If one was loaned money, the other two were given a similar offer.  While one was helped thru college, the other two choose not to attend.  They instead received [...]

Matthew 14: 13 - 21; Pentecost 11 A, "The Miracle of Sharing"

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Theme: God transforms the little things.
Jesus can work miracles with five loaves and two fish.  That is at the heart of the story, that the little boy brought his meager gifts to Jesus, his five loaves and two fish, and look what mighty miracles God did with them! God wants to do the same with [...]