First Mennonite Church January 8, 2017 Rahab’s Story: A Story of Risk Worth Taking Text: Joshua 2: 1-18 Before I go over this text, I would like to acknowledge that every time we go to the bible we do so looking for characters we can emulate. We admire Abraham, Sara, Ruth, Daniel, Mary, Paul, and … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church January 1, 2017 More Than Four Seasons Ecclesiastes 3:1-9 “Time is precious;” “time is money,” many say so. Sometimes it feels like if we are enslaved to the hands of the clock. Although much has been gained in terms of production, one of the disadvantages is that we have subdivided our lives … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church December 25, 2016 “You Shall Call Him ‘Jesus’” Text Matthew 1:18-25 It is common to hear that news about something is rarely known by those who should first know it. In many cases the last one to know about the bad news is the one closest to the object or subject of … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church December 18, 2016 Being Truly Blessed as Mary Text: Luke 1:26-38 Two Sundays ago, we had this passage for our Sunday school Bible study. We marveled at how God came into the world in human form through Jesus. We wondered, who was Mary? Who her parents were? Was she different in some … [Read more…]