First Mennonite Church September 6, 2015 O Boy, What an Excuse! Text: Jeremiah 1:4-10 Humanly speaking, could it be possible that Jeremiah’s mom knew what God was doing with her unborn baby while she was pregnant? What do you know about your birth, or of your childhood days? What stories did your mom or dad … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church August 30, 2015 Daring to Turn the World Upside Down Text: Acts 17:1-9 What an amazing accusation against Paul and Silas, “These people who have been turning the world upside down have come here also.” At this, the people and the city officials were disturbed. In the Gospel according to John, Jesus … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church August 23, 2015 The Journey: Jesus and Getting Reconciled Text: Matthew 18: 15-20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them,” says in Matthew 18:20 I remember when I was young and not many came to the prayer meeting, either because it was raining too … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church August 16, 2015 Joseph A Portrait of Forgiveness Text: Genesis 50:15-21 If we were to take a moment and look closer and deeper at ourselves, we would realize that who we are as an individual has a lot to do with how we were raised as children. Every child, like a crystal … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church August 9, 2015 The Journey in Conflict: Snapshots of Reconciliation Texts: Genesis 33:1-17; Romans 12: 9-21 Let me begin by making a brief comment on our New Testament passage for today. Paul’s words in the last part of Romans chapter 12 and the whole of chapter 13 are instructs about the relationship … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church August 2, 2015 Journey Through Conflict: Betrayal Texts: Psalm 55; Ezekiel 3:16-21 Last Sunday we read Matthew 18: 15-20, but did not go over the steps for conflict resolution Jesus gives there. Still yet, we will make a detour today again. We will go over those steps for conflict resolution next Sunday. … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church July 26, 2015 The Journey: Conflict in the Church Text: Matthew 18:15-20 In the last two Sundays we took the story of Isaac and Rebekah’s family to look for possible causes for family conflicts. Today, I would like for us to start looking at the various views and attitudes related to conflicts … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church July 19, 2015 The Journey From Conflict to Forgiveness IV Text: Genesis 27: 1-17; 30-35; 41. Luke 2:41-52 What a complicated family! Two Sundays ago, I talked about family conflict that arise either from children’s behaviors or those conditions of which children do not have control. Today I would like to talk … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church July 5, 2015 The Journey From Conflict to Forgiveness III Text: Genesis 25: 19-34; John 9:1-12 Being that in this series we want to understand the nature, complexity and dynamics of conflict with the objective of finding ways to resolve interpersonal conflicts, the 25th chapter of Genesis can give us some good … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church June 21, 2015 The Journey From Conflict to Forgiveness II Text: Genesis 3:1-19; Matthew 5: 21-26 Let us remember the main points of last Sunday’s discussion. Last Sunday we saw several points in relationship to the origin of conflict. First and foremost, we saw that God created diversity in all his works … [Read more…]