Missio Dei

Today's sermon is from Luke 11:1-13, one of the versions of the Lord's Prayer. The thing that struck me as I was reading it is that it started with a disciple asking Jesus to teach him how to pray. I've prayed for a lot of things in my life, but I never thought to pray to be taught how to pray.

Since I'm just back from retreat at the Archabbey of St. Meinrad, I was thinking in Latin, and the phrase Missio Dei, the Mission of God, came to my mind while thinking about this. Ordinarily, I pray for God to do something. Praying how to pray is a prayer to be included in God's mission -- a prayer that I might do something for God. Of course, that made me think of China. Join the joint congregations of the Chapel of St. Starbuck's and Community Presbyterian of Bellefonte, Kentucky and find out how I made THAT leap of logic in this week's sermon, Missio Dei by clicking 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.

Can You See Me Now

The Congregation of the Chapel of St. Starbuck's the Jittery became polarised over the salary of Walmart's CEO this week. A Chicago alderman calculated that he makes more in an hour than the workers make in a year. Many thought this was a bad situation. Others thought it was free enterprise. Today, the joint congregations of the Chapel of St. Starbuck's and Community Presbyterian examine the question of wealth from the perspective of the parable of the Good Samaritan. Join us by clicking 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.

The Devil Made Me Do It

Every Sunday, we confess the reality of sin in personal and common life. What does sin in common life look like? If the devil made you do it, is it possible that "the devil" refers not to a character in a red union suit who we imagine to be God's opponent, but rather to the society and culture in which we live which is broken in the same way we are individually broken? And what of the devil as God's chief opponent? Is that the teaching of the Presbyterian Church? Join the joint congregations of St. Starbuck's the Jittery and Community Presbyterian Church for this week's sermon from Genesis 3, The Devil Made Me Do It by clicking 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.