John the Baptist and the Weary

Today is the second Sunday of Advent and we are once again invited to hear the story of John the Baptist. This year we are reading his story from the gospel of Luke. John is the one who shows up from the wilderness to help announce the entrance of Jesus into the story of humanity. […]

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Over the past few weeks, we have been reading through the stories from Israel’s early history when they were ruled by kings. Their first king was Saul and then David rose to power as their second king. Up until today we have been reading about how David was faithful to God and how God chose […]

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Goliath is Vulnerable

Today we continue reading through the Old Testament books of 1st and 2nd Samuel. Last week we read the story of the anointing of David to become the 2nd king of ancient Israel replacing Saul. David was an unlikely choice because he was the youngest of 8 children and overlooked as kingly material. But we […]

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David Being Anointed King

Today we continue reading from I Samuel about the first kings of ancient Israel. Last week, we read that Israel was governed by judges who tended to be weak which led to Israel being invaded a lot by its enemies. The people demanded a king like the nations around them. God did not want them […]

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We Want A King Like Others

This summer we are going to spend time reading through stories found in the Old Testament books of I and II Samuel. I and II Samuel are books telling about events from 3000 years ago but stories that we will find very relevant today. I and II Samuel was originally one book written in the […]

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Pentacost Sunday

“Pentecost Sunday” Acts 2:1-21: Philip Jennifer Adkins In just these past few months we all have celebrated Jesus’s Birthday at Christmas. We celebrated the resurrection of Jesus on Easter and today the 50th day after the resurrection (the seventh Sunday from Easter Sunday) we now celebrate Pentecost Sunday, the birthday of the church. Pentecost celebrates […]

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