In the first week of this series, we reminded ourselves of the “Greatest Commandments” — to love God and to love our neighbor. We considered not just “The Golden Rule,” but what my pastor friend calls “The Platinum Rule:” treat others the way they want to be treated, which requires listening and getting to know…
Text: John 4:4-24 Our Wednesday Bible study group is in the middle of a book called Introduction to the New Testament — not a very sexy title, I know, but it is fascinating, accessible, and very informative. (In fact, with this course, we have a record number of participants!). In that study, we were reminded a couple weeks ago that about seventy…
Text: Galatians 6:1-10 Believe it or not, I selected this text weeks ago, without a clue about how national news stories were going to play out this week. But I can imagine, if this were a congregation of folks who regularly said “Amen” and “Mm-hmm” in church, there might have been much response — “My Lawd, uh-huh” and so on — as…