Nobody picks up a hot pot lid then enters into a discussion about what to do with it. You drop it before you think about it. It's a reflex that doesn't even involve your brain -- it's located in your spinal chord. That's the kind of relationship with God which Christians seek -- God in our spinal chords.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
The Tao of Samuel
What would happen if we looked at the story of the call of Samuel through the lens of something really foreign to our usual way of thinking? Something like, say, Confucianism and Taoism?
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Ungomming the Gospels
We are blessed to have four, unique, accounts of the life of Jesus in the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Since each Gospel differs from the others, the early church looked at several "harmonizations". Ultimately, they were rejected. The church admitted only the four separate accounts into the canon. This Sunday, for year B in the Revised Common Lectionary, we'll begin to unravel the gommed up Gospel ball we have all created mentally so that we can hear Mark's account more clearly.
By the way, if you don't know what "gommed" means, you ain't from around here.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
By the way, if you don't know what "gommed" means, you ain't from around here.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Christ the King
Why do we do the wrong thing, even when doing the right thing is in our best interest? Why do we drive 75 on a 70 mile per hour highway when we know it is unsafe? What are the limits of what we can get away with? Does God's patience have a limit?
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Prophesy, Signs and Wonders
"Prophesy" has come to mean little more than fortune telling, but the true meaning of prophesy is in God's word delivered to us now. Let's talk a bit about prophesy through the experience of Thibideaux and Boudreaux, two proud Cajun pastors.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Epiphany
Epiphany ends the "12 days of Christmas". The lords have leapt. The maids have milked. The ladies have danced and all the rings have been given. Christmas begins the season of Christmas with a celebration of the birth of Jesus. That's the story in Luke. Epiphany, January 6, ends it with the visit of the wise men in Matthew. That's when the world becomes aware that something astonishing has happened in Bethlehem.
Join us at Bayless Memorial Presbyterian Church in Grayson, Kentucky for a talk about the meaning of an Epiphany.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Join us at Bayless Memorial Presbyterian Church in Grayson, Kentucky for a talk about the meaning of an Epiphany.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Clearing the Way
It's the first Sunday in 2009 and every pastor in the land is struck by the same thought -- it's time to clear away the old year, and begin anew. Every pastor in the land will preach on this, and we'd hate to be the odd one out. Here's my list of what didn't work in 2008 -- the things I need to clear out. What's on your list?
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Tying Up the Cats
What is the real meaning of worship? How do we understand the rituals used in worship in the Presbyterian Church? What of the Apostle's or Nicene Creed we recite each Sunday? What's that all about?
Join us on The Casting Floor and let's talk about what we are doing when we worship.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us.
Join us on The Casting Floor and let's talk about what we are doing when we worship.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Tying Up Cats
What is the real meaning of worship? How do we understand the rituals used in worship in the Presbyterian Church? What of the Apostle's or Nicene Creed we recite each Sunday? What's that all about?
Join us on The Casting Floor and let's talk about what we are doing when we worship.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Join us on The Casting Floor and let's talk about what we are doing when we worship.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.
Who Do You Think You Are?
Sharpening your internal ears to listen to God's voice isn't easy. It takes some concentration. And the result is almost always the contempt of the rest of the world, usually initiated with the question, "Who do you think YOU are?"
Join us on The Casting Floor and let's talk a bit about the cost of acting on God's word, and finding the courage to get past the attitudes of others.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us.
Join us on The Casting Floor and let's talk a bit about the cost of acting on God's word, and finding the courage to get past the attitudes of others.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us.
Can You Hear Me Now?
There has never been a shortage of people anxious to speak in God's behalf. The question is, "How do you discern the authentic prophetic voice?" As many times as we misunderstand each other, think of how difficult God must find it to get through to us. Let's examine what it takes to hear God's voice in the speech of His prophets.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us.
Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us.
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