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It’s Complicated
Message for Sunday, May 7, 2017Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: 1 Peter 2:1-5, 9-25It’s complicatedContrary to what you see on your bulletin covers this morning – “With gladnessand simplicity” – I’m here to tell you that sometimes reading the Bible – like all of life –is not simple. In fact, it’s complicated. That’s…
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The love of God
Message for Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Matthew 28:1-10 and John 1:1-5The love of God“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word wasGod. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, andwithout him not one thing…
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We Wait
Message for the fifth Sunday of Lent, April 2, 2017Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: John 11:1-44We waitIt’s hard to wait. Even at the best of times. But it’s especially hard to wait whenthings are difficult, when you’re feeling awful, when you don’t know where to turn, whenyou just want things to be made…
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Sticking with us anyway
Message for the First Sunday of Lent, February 22, 2015Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: Genesis 9: 8-17Sticking with us anywayThe story of Noah and the flood has always captured our imagination. It’s one welearn when we are very little. For instance, our daughter decorated the nursery for ourgrandson with an ark and animals…
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We hunger
Message for the first Sunday of Lent, March 5, 2017Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 and Matthew 4:1-11We hungerThere was trouble even in paradise. The tree of the knowledge of good and evilgrew there along with all the other trees. It was part of the package. God knew this.God knew that…
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Our foundation
Message for February 19, 2017Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Matthew 5:38-48 and 1 Corinthians 3:10-11Our foundation“No one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; thatfoundation is Jesus Christ.” These words of the Apostle Paul were foundational for ourAnabaptist ancestors. Menno Simons used this verse as his motto. In…
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What do you know? What have you heard?
Reflections for Sunday, February 8, 2015Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: Isaiah 40:21-31What do you know? What have you heard?Before I share a few thoughts with you this morning, I need to give you a headsup. This is going to be an interactive morning; I’m going to ask you to share yourthoughts as well.…
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The household of God, part #2
Message for April 15, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Ephesians 5:15-21 and 6:10-17The household of God, part #2Bruce and I are very house-conscious these days. This past week a photographercame to take pictures of our house, our condo, for the realtor to put up on a website.Tomorrow the realtor will come over to…
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The household of God, part #1
Message for April 8, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Ephesians 2:13-22 and 3:14-19The household of God, part #1Well, friends, our time together is growing short. Two weeks from today will bemy last Sunday with you as your pastor. How will we spend our final weeks together?We will spend them doing what we do…
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Nothing between us
Message for Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: John 20:1-18Nothing between usOur Lenten theme these past weeks has been “Between Me (God) and You.”We’ve talked about barriers – those things, often of our own making – that come betweenus and God. We talked about covenant – God’s promise to stay…