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”
Author Archives: Nancy Springer
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.”
That Day was a Sabbath
A sermon preached at St. Francis by the Lake, Canyon Lake, Texas.The lectionary readings for the sixth Sunday of Easter are here. You may have noticed as I read the gospel lesson that I used the word ‘sick’ in reference to the people at the pool rather than the word the NRSV uses. The GreekContinue reading “That Day was a Sabbath”
It’s been a while …
It feels like forever since I posted something and in fact it has been a couple of months since I wrote anything beyond my sermon or a Sunday reflection for the weeks I’m not preaching and I haven’t even posted my sermons for the past few weeks. I’m not sure of the reason, except perhapsContinue reading “It’s been a while …”
Remember How He Told You …
An Easter sermon preached at St. Francis by the Lake, Canyon Lake, TX The lectionary readings for Easter are here. Alleluia, Christ is Risen! <The Lord is Risen, Indeed! Alleluia> Oh, good, you remembered! And although each Sunday we celebrated the Resurrection of our Lord, today, Easter Sunday, we remember the very first Easter. DoContinue reading “Remember How He Told You …”
True Night
A sermon preached on Good Friday at St. Francis by the Lake, Canyon Lake, Texas.The lectionary readings are here. Are you familiar with Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night? Starry Night is an imaginative composition of the narrow scene of a cypress tree against a backdrop of hills out his window and all of the otherContinue reading “True Night”
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