Musing Worship

Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel on Unsplash Matthew 25:31-46         REFLECTION           Today we come to the end of part one of our series Big Questions, Honest Conversations before we take a break to celebrate Advent beginning next Sunday. Today is known to many as Christ the King Sunday – the final Sunday in the church year which begins anew 7 days from now. For us as Christians, Christ is central to our faith; Christ that one whom we follow and proclaim every day.   We believe that God love the world so much that God sent Jesus into the world to fully experience humanity. We believe that Jesus Christ taught us who God is, and shows us how to have a relationship with God. We believe that Jesus Christ angered those in power when ...

  Galatians 3: 23-29 (NRSV) Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until  faith would be revealed. Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until  Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith.  But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian, for  in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with  Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there  is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you  belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to the  promise.    Reflection: You may have heard this week about something called the Nashville Statement. It is a statement that was put out this past Tuesday by a number of conservative evangelical leaders who belong to the coalition of Biblical ...

One:    “For God so loved the world as to give the only begotten one…” (John 3:16) Two:    For the times we have not shared your love… All:      Forgive us, God of Love. Extinguish one candle One:     Jesus said to him, ‘Judas, is it with a kiss that you are betraying the Chosen One?’ (Luke 22:48) Two:    For the times we have betrayed your commandment to love one another… All:      Forgive us, God of Faithfulness. Extinguish one candle One:    Then Peter remembered Jesus saying, “before a rooster crows today, you’ll deny me tree times.” Peter went out and wept bitterly. (Luke 22:61-62) Two:    For the times we have turned our backs on you… All:      Forgive us, God of Open Arms. Extinguish one candle One:     Now the ones who were holding Jesus began to mock him and beat him. (Luke 23:64) Two:   For...

Luke 7:1-17                After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave. When they came to Jesus, they appealed to him earnestly, saying, ‘He is worthy of having you do this for him, for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us.’ And Jesus went with them, but when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, ‘Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; therefore I did not presume to come to you. But only speak the word, and let my servant be healed. For I also am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, “Go”, and he goes, and to another, “Come”, and he comes, and to ...