Choosing the Better Part Pentecost 6, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Poor Martha. Year after year, some preacher shakes a finger at her, giving her a hard time for being in the kitchen making dinner rather than sitting at Jesus’ feet like Mary was doing. As much as I dislike cooking and would like to justify […]
Love Is What We Need Pentecost 5, Year C Deacon Cindy Roehl A young pastor was sitting in a restaurant eating lunch. He opened a letter from his mother he just got that morning. As he opened it a twenty-dollar bill fell out. He thought: “Thanks, mom, I could use that right about now.” As […]
The Devil is on the Prowl Pentecost 4, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Demons. Satan. The Devil. Evil spirits. What a lesson for a summer morning! Remember, though, 1 Peter says that the devil is on the prowl like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. [1 Peter 5:8] In other parts of scripture, Jesus, Paul, […]
Bless or Blast? Pentecost 3, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Last time I spoke with you, I implored you to get up! go do some frolicking because the nature of our Triune God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit begins with Wisdom, and the Divine Wisdom is that the origin and destiny of […]
Pentecost 2, Year C Deacon Cindy Roehl
Frolicking Trinity Sunday, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Bishops have expectations of the priests that serve the parishes in a diocese. One of the expectations is that we will take time away to go on retreat, re-grounding ourselves in our faith; the other is that we will continue learning stuff, get continuing education like any […]
UBUNTU 6th Sunday after Easter, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Are you “liberal” or “conservative”? Are you pro-choice or pro-life? Are you Evangelical or Progressive? Are you a Yankee or a Southerner? Are you pro-NRA or pro-gun control? Are you about Black lives or Blue lives mattering? Anti-vaxer or vaccinator? Is climate destabilization real or […]
Pentecost Sunday, Year C “I will pour out my Spirit on all people.” ~ Acts 2:17 Come celebrate the Holy Spirit and birthday of the Christian church. At COGS you will notice we celebrate by: ~ Wearing RED! ~ Reciting the Lord’s Prayer in a myriad of languages at the same time! This year’s celebration […]
Expect His Abundance 4th Sunday after Easter, Year C Deacon Cindy Roehl In our Gathering Prayer this morning we prayed: We gather in the name of our Easter God: Our Risen Lord transforms darkness into light, hatred into tolerance, despair into hope. Much of the time, our lives are a compromise between happiness and sorrow, joy […]
Jesus Loves Me, This I Know 4th Sunday after Easter, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman If you hang out with academic theologians – something I’m not going actually recommend to you, but I used to love doing it – and ask them who THE most important theologian of the 20th Century was, Swiss theologian Karl Barth will […]
