A New Prayer for a New School Year
A blog by Next Generation Pastor, Rebecca DeLucia. It is hard to believe I am already writing this back-to-school blog. Summer has flown by, with what feels like the most rain I can remember in the first half, making the second half the busiest one yet as we tried to squeeze every possible moment of precious, sunshine-filled time into our days. But here is the thing; we don’t have to stop cherishing those moments with our kids just because school starts.
A Chilling Reading
I didn't get a chance to get this week's weekly email to you this morning because I was traveling, but I figure it's better late than never
The Transfiguration
In yesterday’s bible reading, we read Matthew 17 – which has the story of the Transfiguration. If you’re not familiar with it, I encourage you to take a few minutes and read the story. It’s always been a story that is a bit (or a lot) puzzling. Here’s the rough gist: Jesus and some guys go up a mountain, he’s ‘transfigured’ (whatever the heck that means – besides the fact that he’s glowing and shining!), a couple of dead guys appear to Jesus (ghosts? spirits? bodies?
Beside the Sea
Today’s bible reading, Matthew 13, begins in a way that *kind of* reminds me of what we do at the gazebo on Sunday mornings in the summer: 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. I put “kind of” in asterisks because, a) I’m most definitely NOT Jesus, b) we had a good crowd
Authority & Allegiance
By Rebecca DeLucia, Next Generation Pastor Today’s Bible reading, Matthew 8, reads more like a comic book than a passage of Scripture. Miracle after miraculous miracle unfolds before us, each one building to one epic conclusion: the authority of Jesus. His authority extends to and supersedes disease, distance, downpour, and demons