by Hans Jorgensen | Nov 20, 2020 | Devotions
In Matthew 25, the people say, “When was it we saw you a stranger and welcomed you?”What does it feel like to be welcomed as you are? What does it feel like to be welcomed by someone when you feel like a stranger? While we can sometimes catch glimpses of Christ’s love...
by Hans Jorgensen | Nov 13, 2020 | Devotions
In the parable in Matthew 25, the owner says, “Well done, good and trustworthy slave.”As Dr. Gary Green preached in October, it may help to see this parable as a disruptive event. It can disrupt our usual ways of seeing God and society. Have you ever considered the...
by St. Timothy | Nov 6, 2020 | Devotions
The prophet Amos resounds: Take away from me the noise of your song, but let justice roll down like water, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. I’m always struck by these thundering words from Amos. As a pastor, I spend no little time on the “noise”...
by Hans Jorgensen | Oct 30, 2020 | Devotions
In 1 John 3, we hear, “Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed.”We understand the tension of now and not-yet. We can see reality now, but we can’t see what is not-yet. Do we act with hope? With weariness? With despair? Next Sunday...
by Hans Jorgensen | Oct 23, 2020 | Devotions
In Jeremiah 31, the prophet says, “I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”On Reformation Weekend, we hear about how God will put the word on our hearts. What does that mean to you? How...
by Hans Jorgensen | Oct 20, 2020 | Devotions
In Matthew 22 (as we heard last weekend) Jesus said, “Give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”The Pharisees were trying to trap Jesus in a dilemma about taxes. We can understand that in this “gotcha” election...
