God's kingdom – Page 4 – Mother Nancy's Coffee Thoughts

With Care

In his description of the characteristics of Kingdom people that we’ve been looking at over the past few weeks, for me, the most challenging to talk about is mercy. What is mercy? To be merciful implies that we’ve been wronged, or at least we judge that we have been wronged, and we are holding backContinue reading “With Care”

Seeds

A sermon preached at Grace Episcopal Church, San Antonio on the Third Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary readings are here): Before we jump into today’s lesson, as a reminder, let me set the stage as to what Jesus and his disciples are up to: After Jesus left the house in which we found him in lastContinue reading “Seeds”

Satisfied

What do you hunger for? What is the one thing/idea/place/person that you just know will satisfy all your desires? Or do you think that complete satisfaction is an impossible goal or ideal? Jesus’ sermon about life in God’s Kingdom here and now tells us that complete satisfaction comes when we hunger and thirst for righteousnessContinue reading “Satisfied”

Who We Really Are

Good Tuesday, Y’all! Can you believe that May is more than half passed? For those of us who live in the northern hemisphere, summer is almost upon us and winter is descending for those who live south of the equator. Even in the transitional rhythms of the earth, sun, & moon, God reminds us thatContinue reading “Who We Really Are”

Joy Complete

Readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter: http://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Easter/BEaster6_RCL.html Jesus’ words for us today are a continuation of what we began last week (and pair well with Tuesday’s and Thursday’s posts). Jesus is in Jerusalem with his closest disciples. He’s washed their feet and had what would be their last meal together before his arrest. AndContinue reading “Joy Complete”

Newness

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that there isn’t a single person among us who is doing what they expected to be doing when making life plans even a year ago, much less two, three, or four years ago. A year ago at this time, we were expecting the pandemicContinue reading “Newness”

Economy of Relationship

The third test with which Satan tries to get Jesus to be less than he is a test we face every single day. Satan tells Jesus: All this will be yours if you forget who you are. And, the joke’s on Satan – the whole world, all of creation, already belongs to God, even ifContinue reading “Economy of Relationship”

Good News

For the first Sunday in Lent: http://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Lent/BLent1_RCL.html I interrupt our regularly scheduled program to stop and ask: How are you doing? For those of us in Texas, this past week brought a(nother) forced time in a wilderness of sorts. What a disorienting first-world thing to be in our homes with no electricity or water andContinue reading “Good News”

Set us Free

For the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany:http://lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Epiphany/BEpi5_RCL.html So, here we find ourselves in midwinter and the crazy Texas weather has us turning on the AC one minute and the heater the next. We have to look at the daily forecast before getting dressed so we know if we need shorts and flip flops or bigContinue reading “Set us Free”