Posts from February 2024
Notes on “Challenging Authority”
Introduction We continue our Lenten sermon series based on the book The Last Week by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan, journeying day by day through Jesus’ last week in Jerusalem. This week we move to Tuesday and an expanse of texts from the middle of the 11th chapter all the way through the end of the 13th chapter. Roughly two-thirds of this section shows Jesus in conflict with the religious leaders in the temple, where Jesus is continually challenged…
Notes on “The Temple in Frame”
Introduction We continue our Lenten sermon series based on the book The Last Week by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan, journeying day by day through Jesus’ last week in Jerusalem. This week we move to Monday, the day that Jesus turns over the tables in the temple. Known as a “cleansing” of the temple, Jesus’ motives and intentions have been widely explored in countless sermons and papers. This story is framed by a narrative about a fig tree, something…
Notes on “Royal Entrance”
Introduction This is the first week of our Lenten sermon series based on the book The Last Week by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan. This series will take us day by day through Jesus’ last week in Jerusalem. As we open, we explore the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, and compare this to the likely historical entry that Pontius Pilate would have made through the opposite side of the city. Where Jesus enters on a donkey, Pilate likely…
Annual Rummage Sale—8:30-2:30 Saturday, March 9
Here is the Rummage Donation Information you have requested! Annual Rummage Sale—8:30-2:30 Saturday, March 9Come join the camaraderie during this special community event! Wanted: volunteers to set up Mon. 3/4-Fri. 3/8; on Saturday 3/9 to cashier from 8:30-2:30 and to pack up from 2:30-5. Please contact Sandy: sreloc@juno.com Donations will be accepted starting 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, through noon Thursday, March 7. Donations needed starting Sunday, March 3 and throughout the week: Clothes, Linens, Plants, Housewares, Jewelry, Furniture,…
Notes on “Getting to Work”
Introduction This is the final week of our sermon series on why our Christian faith is essential. We have not addressed all the reasons and all the ways that Christianity is as important as ever, and I suggest that’s not possible. With that said, I suggest that this week we approach an essential element of the Christian faith: that this is a faith that requires action. The epistle of James strongly advocates this point in the 2nd chapter (set aside…