An Outpost of the Reign of God Pentecost 11, Proper 15, Year A Becky Robbins-Penniman Planet Earth has gone through a very weird spring of pandemic, unfolding into a distressing summer of storms, heat, and economic collapse. Here in the United States, on top of all that, the pressure cooker lid containing the despair of […]
Pentecost 10, Proper 14, Year A Deacon Cindy Roehl How many of you have ever played football? Tackle football? A pastor by the name of David Simpson shared that, when he was a kid, he started playing football. He asked his coach if he could be the fullback, one of the running backs for the […]
YOU Give Them Something to Eat Pentecost 9, Proper 13, Year A Becky Robbins-Penniman Change. Yikes. If I had to give a theme to 2020, “Change” would be one of the top contenders. The entire planet is has experienced it, a lot of it seemingly chaotic. Some of it is was planned, though, such as […]
Learning to Smile Pentecost 8, Proper 12, Year A Becky Robbins-Penniman Teddy, our grandson, will be 3 months old on Saturday. He is such a healthy, happy baby. He as already learned so much in less than 90 days. The most charming thing is that he has learned to smile back. His face bursts into […]
Writing Our Résumés Pentecost 7, Proper 11, Year A Becky Robbins-Penniman It might be an odd thing for me to think about when I’m 6 weeks from retiring, but what if I had to go out and find a totally different job right now? I haven’t looked for a job in years. My qualifications are […]
Pentecost 6, Proper 10, Year A Deacon Cindy Roehl Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? How many remember that nursery rhyme as a child? And, if anyone were to answer that question asked of Mary, they would probably say, by planting seeds in good soil, making sure it gets good sunlight, water, […]
We Become What We Worship Pentecost 5, Proper 9, Year A Becky Robbins-Penniman On the Fourth of July, we stop and celebrate what this country is all about. What IS this country all about? The Declaration of Independence, adopted some 244 years ago, included what is one of the most well-known phrases in English: We […]
Live Tomorrow’s Life Today Pentecost 4, Proper 8, Year A Becky Robbins-Penniman Which one is true: Out of sight, out of mind or Absence makes the heart grow fonder? Which one is true: Birds of a feather flock together or Variety is the spice of life? How about this: Don’t worry about tomorrow or Store […]
The Narrow Gate Pentecost 3, Proper 7, Year A Becky Robbins-Penniman Who here wants to go through that narrow gate? For all of my young life, I most assuredly did NOT want to go through it. If the gates at Disneyland – yes, LAND; for 3 years as a young girl I lived very close […]
We Need Peace Pentecost 2, Proper 6, Year A Deacon Cindy Roehl This morning, if I were speaking to a different group of people, with all the news and events that’s been going on the last couple of weeks, I might be talking to you today about the importance of diversity, of accepting people of […]
