Now that we’re in the third article (section) of the creed, I think it’s helpful if we think of last week as the “topic sentence” – I believe in the Holy Spirit – and then the phrases that come after as under that. The Holy Spirit has everything to do with the church, the communion…
The story goes about the brand new pastor who had been in his first church for just over one month. One day, he heard a knock at the door of the parsonage. “Is that the Methodist church?” a grinning stranger asked. He said yes. “Is this the parsonage?” “Yes ma’am, it is.” “Well, I need…
I have been enjoy our time with the Apostles’ Creed this year as a sort of journey. On the calendar it has a beginning, middle and an end. Feb. 17, March 31, and May 19th to be exact. It has sections where the road is smooth, sharp corners that take us to new places (descended…
Normally, the Bible reading for today begins a number of Sundays when we hear the stories of Jesus appearing to the disciples in his resurrection body. And as we move through them we are reminded that in the Church, Easter is a season, not just a day. So we’ll leave the resurrection balloon up until…