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Lesson 3: Grief must be witnessed This past week I had chance to share with pastors who will be moving to new Methodist churches on July 1. A year ago I sat in their place. One of the things I chose to talk with them about was the grief you experience when you change churches. One could...
Lesson 2: Grief is complicated I can still remember the scene from a funeral home years ago where I was officiating a service. When it came time to leave for the graveside service the widow climbed into the open casket and refused to leave her deceased husband. I learned a valuable lesson that...
Lesson 1: Loss is inevitableWe live in a time of great loss. We are experiencing loss of life, loss of employment and loss of missed opportunities (graduation, proms,trips) and the loss of a sense of security in our world. For the next several Mondays I would like to share some observations on...
Week 10- “who sinned....that he was born blind?” John 9:2As we conclude our journey through hospitality in John, we come to a story which could be viewed as a comedy if it weren’t so tragic. John 9 tells the story of a man born blind. The good news is that Jesus heals him; the...
Week 9- “I have no one to help me into the pool.” (John 5:7) This story reminds of the tag line of commercials which ran some years back- “What are the odds?” For the man who had been paralyzed for 38 years and is waiting by the Pool of Bethesda for healing, they...
Week 8- “Neither do I condemn you.” (John 8:11) John’s story of the woman caught in adultery is well known to most Christians. But did you know that many scholars argue that the story was not originally part of the Gospel of John? They note that many ancient manuscripts omit...
Week 7- “Unbind him and let him go.” (John 11:44) I can’t help it. When I picture Lazarus emerging from the tomb, I see the original Mummy from the 1932 movie with Boris Karloff. Of course, that Mummy is perfectly able to walk around and terrify people in his cloths and is...
Week 6 “I am the true vine” (John 15:1)On the last night with his disciples, Jesus took them on a field trip from the Upper Room to the Garden of Gethsemane. They would have passed by the Temple where the doors would have been left open due to the holy days. They would have seen the...
Week 5- “ He came to Jesus by night.” (John 3:2) When we first meet Nicodemus, he is called a “leader of the Jews” (v1). Jesus called him “Israel’s teacher” (v 10). He comes to talk with Jesus perhaps out of curiosity - could this be the...
Week 4 “Come and see a man...” (John 4:29) It turns out that social distancing has been around quite a while- all the way back to biblical days. In the Old Testament social distancing was practiced for health reasons as lepers were made to live outside the camp or the city. Food and...