I remember either hearing or reading that the Anglican scholar and churchman Bishop N.T. Wright said that Christians should be serving mimosas at church throughout the Easter season. I don’t even really like mimosas, but the idea stuck with me because when you say “mimosa” one of the things that gets conjured up is a…
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Posts from June 2024
We had an interesting intersection this week between our two “Jesus Centered” challenges: a. Our red letter challenge came from Mark 16:15, “Preach the Gospel” b. Our “Together with Jesus” challenge involved reading Mark 15 and 16 If you listened to the podcast, you got an earful about how Mark 16:9-20 brings up some questions…
In Matthew 23, Jesus calls the Pharisees out for a strange practice – they tithe their household spices, but they “neglect the weightier matters of the law: justice, and mercy, and faithfulness.” What Jesus is doing here is not denouncing the practice of tithing, but rather pointing out that the Pharisees have gotten to a…
Pastor Jay has been gone for a little bit, so you may have dropped behind in your reading for Mark. We recommend that you catch up via the podcast with the following episodes: Mark 7 and 8 – https://universitylutheranchurch.org/sermons/together-with-jesus-mark-7-and-8/ Mark 9 and 10 – https://universitylutheranchurch.org/sermons/together-with-jesus-mark-9-and-10/ Mark 11 and 12 – https://universitylutheranchurch.org/sermons/together-with-jesus-mark-11-and-12/
I learned to play chess when I was young. I actually taught myself from a Bobby Fischer book, but because I taught myself, I never really got the actual playing concepts of the game. I knew how the pieces were supposed to move, but knowing how the pieces are supposed to move is an important…