Message for the third Sunday of Advent, December 17, 2017Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Luke 1:39-55 and 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24Bring it on!Our grandson, Adrian, who is four years old, knows exactly how many days it isuntil Christmas. He’s filled with eager anticipation. Bring it on! It’s wonderful to onceagain have little children in […]
In this passage, Jesus uses 4 different words related to seeing or looking. blepete idhte agrupneite grhgorh Don’t worry, there’s not going to be a quiz on the Greek stuff. blepete comes from blepw, the general purpose NT word for see But it also carries a connotation of the ability to see, not blind. Like
Message for November 19, 2017Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: Matthew 25:14-30No laughing matterThe parables and teachings of Matthew 25 are tough. Jesus is tough. In fact,Jesus is downright hard-nosed in the parable we heard this morning. We are put off bywhat he says. We don’t like him very much and that makes us
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Message for November 5, 2017Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: Matthew 23:1-12The greatest among youJesus gets pretty caustic in Matthew 23. There’s no sweetness and light in whathe has to say about the Jewish religious establishment. “They do not practice what theyteach. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on
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Message for February 12, 2017Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 and Matthew 5:17-20Choose lifeIn our world today the term “pro-life” has a narrow meaning. It starts at thebeginning – conception – but doesn’t go much further. Limiting access to abortion maybe one pro-life focus, but there is so much more to being
Message for February 5, 2017Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Isaiah 58:1-12 and Matthew 5:13-16Then your light will shineWe are living in a time of upheaval. Things seem to be happening fast. We don’tknow what’s coming next. For some of us, perhaps, the changes feel good and right. Forothers of us, they cause distress.
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Message for Sunday, February 1, 2015Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: 1 Corinthians 8Love builds up“Now concerning food sacrificed to idols…” Huh? What does this have to dowith us? Why on earth are we even thinking about this? It is a subject that doesn’t applyat all to our day-to-day lives. And yet this passage
Message for World Fellowship Sunday, January 25, 2015Glennon Heights Mennonite Church Matthew 6:9-13 and 25-34 What in the World is the Kingdom of God?Kingdom is not a very modern concept. Though there are still a few monarchiesleft in the world, kings and queens don’t wield all that much power anymore. For us theyare mostly the
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Scripture passage: 1 Samuel 3:1-20 You’re probably tired of hearing this, but things change. This is a constant theme.Change, change, change. Change is good. Change is hard. Change is inevitable. Don’tstand in the way of change. As Christians we believe that God changes us. God changesus from isolated to connected, from unloved to deeply loved,
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Message for World Fellowship Sunday, January 25, 2015Glennon Heights Mennonite Church Scripture passage: Matthew 6:9-13 and 25-34 I am a baptized believer. What does that mean? What difference does it make?What is baptism all about anyway? It’s something doesn’t seem to happen among us asmuch or as regularly as it used to. Why is that?