Implantation Leads to Impartation: Blessed to Bless Lectionary 8 October 2017 Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 Psalm 19 Philippians 3:4b-14 Matthew 21:33-46 Text to Life The Bible has a lot to say about faith and finances. Even when it...
“If you want to change a life or a church, change their metaphor.” –Len Sweet Everyone has a metaphor that defines his or her identity. Churches are no different. But be careful. There are metaphors that describe what you’d like to be, or what you imagine you are. ...
“Lord, please restore to us the comfort of merit and demerit. Show us that there is at least something we can do. Tell us that at the end of the day there will at least be one redeeming card of our very own. Lord, if it is not too much to ask, send us to bed...
