A Sunday reflection for the fourth Sunday after Pentecost.The lectionary readings for today are here. The title of this piece comes from an old preacher joke about two folks who were excited about a new preacher and encouraging her to preach against all the ills of the world – lying, cheating, stealing, etc., until sheContinue reading “Now You’re just Meddlin’”
Author Archives: Nancy Springer
Life & Love
My heart is so sad. 51 lives. Human lives. Beloved children of God lives. Created in the image of God lives. And we have to include the human, beloved children, image of God people who didn’t die, because they were treated the same. I can’t even come up with a suitable metaphor for how theyContinue reading “Life & Love”
Be Still
I love the story of the Prophet Elijah – well, I guess ‘love’ can be a bit misleading. It definitely isn’t a happy-go-lucky kind of story but more of a document-drama that’s hard to watch but nevertheless has much to offer us all these many years later. I really appreciate what we can learn fromContinue reading “Be Still”
Like Jesus
A sermon preached at St. Francis by the Lake, Canyon Lake, Texas.The lectionary readings for the Third Sunday after Pentecost are here. What do you know about Samaritans? I’m fairly certain, even if this were your first time ever in a church service, you’d be familiar with the phrase “Good Samaritan” and perhaps even theContinue reading “Like Jesus”
Responsible
Not to sound melodramatic but what a week of juggling unexpected events it has been! And it’s only Tuesday. One of my favorite Old Testament stories is when God tells Elijah to have a snack and take a nap and after he’s had two snacks and two naps Elijah has the strength and courage toContinue reading “Responsible”
As We are Created
A Sunday reflection for Trinity Sunday. The lectionary readings are here. In my parish, we are reading through the Bible in a year using the reading plan from BibleProject (please, check out their videos, blog, and podcast!). We’ve talked about how our human desire for power and control is the same now as it wasContinue reading “As We are Created”
A Spirit of Adoption
A Sunday reflection on the Day of Pentecost. The lectionary readings for today are here. All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!”Continue reading “A Spirit of Adoption”
A Better Question
It’s been awhile since we sat together with a cup of coffee. Can I start us off today with a story? At one of the parish’s I’ve served that had a school, I would go and read to the preschool classes each week. This particular day I was in the three year-old-room and we wereContinue reading “A Better Question”
Prayer Action
A sermon preached at St. Francis by the Lake, Canyon Lake, Texas.The readings for the seventh Sunday of Easter are here. We’ve said and witnessed a lot of prayer this week. In the wake of the horrific tragedy in Uvalde – and so many others like it – we pray. We bring our emotions toContinue reading “Prayer Action”
Love is.
As I have been carefully crafting the outline for what I plan to do with this blog, the very thing that prompted me to start it continues: violent events cutting short the lives of God’s beloved children. People doing their shopping shot by a man whose only motive is hate. Children shot by a manContinue reading “Love is.”
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