Advent Service (Week 1)
November 30, 2020
Online service for the 1st Sunday of Advent featuring a message on “The Beatitudes of Bethlehem” plus other cute silliness involving the Berg children. … More Advent Service (Week 1)
Month: November 2020
Blessed are the Underachievers
November 29, 2020
While the “Most Likely To Succeed” badge may come with a superstitious curse attached, the “Class Mooch” has a very real cultural curse attached to it. In America we celebrate self-made successful people, and look down on the moochers who are dependent on others. What do we make of Jesus’s 3rd Beatitude that seems to promise the farm to the underachieving brother? … More Blessed are the Underachievers
Poetic Resonance – Buy the Gift of Positivity
November 27, 2020
Happy Black Friday … um, I guess? But what if we could purchase some positivity and throw some joy and peace and love at those we meet? This has been a very difficult year for artists and musicians, unable to gig and play to crowded rooms. It’s also been a hard year for fans of … More Poetic Resonance – Buy the Gift of Positivity
Pure Thanksgiving (Skye Jethani)
November 26, 2020
Beneath the surface, sometimes even hidden from our own awareness, may lurk a more manipulative intent behind our gratitude. The believer sometimes thinks — If I offer these prayers, if I give these sacrifices, and if I show my gratitude for past blessings, then God will bless me again. … More Pure Thanksgiving (Skye Jethani)
Words of Wisdom: Cyprian (AD 256)
November 24, 2020
“Beloved brethren, we are philosophers not in words but in deeds; we exhibit our wisdom not by our dress, but by truth; we know virtues by their practice rather than through boasting of them; we do not speak great things but we live them.” -St. Cyprian (AD 256) … More Words of Wisdom: Cyprian (AD 256)
Kingdom Harbor 