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Knowing Jesus
Message for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 18, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Jeremiah 31:31-34 and John 12:20-26Knowing JesusBruce and I spent last week in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, learning about trauma andresponses to trauma. We took the Eastern Mennonite University STAR training. STARstands for Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience. We did this…
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The space between
Message for the Third Sunday of Lent, March 4, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Exodus 20:1-17 and Psalm 19:7-10The space betweenIt’s hard for us to hear the Ten Commandments without feeling scolded. After all,they are presented in the negative and are very direct: “Thou shalt not!” There seems tobe no room for discussion.…
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God so loved the world
Message for the First Sunday of Lent, February 18, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: Genesis 9: 8-17God so loved the worldGod created the world – night and day, the sea and the dry land, the sky, theplants and animals and, finally, human beings, male and female God created us. God waspleased with this…
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The struggle of faith
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God’s chameleons
Message for Sunday, February 4, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: 1 Corinthians 9:16-23God’s chameleonsSammy is into reading books these days. One of his books is about a chameleon.The chameleon is green to start but he keeps changing color. When he’s up againstsomething orange, he turns orange. When he’s up against something yellow, he…
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Transforming Spirit
Message for World Fellowship Sunday, January 28, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Joel 2:28-29, Acts 1:8 and 1 Corinthians 12:13Transforming SpiritToday we celebrate World Fellowship Sunday along with our Anabaptist andMennonite brothers and sisters in faith around the world. World Fellowship Sunday isalways celebrated on a Sunday close to January 21. On that…
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One body and one Spirit
Baptism reflection, January 14, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Mark 1:9-11 and Ephesians 4:1-6One body and one SpiritBeing a Christian is never a solitary endeavor. We’re in this together. In thewords of the Apostle Paul: “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called tothe one hope of your calling,…
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Light in the darkness
Message for January 7, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: Matthew 2:1-18Light in the darknessThe story of the wise men coming to worship Jesus, the newborn king, carriesmore oomph than we usually give it credit for. We like the trappings – the star, thecamels, the tall regal men in turbans and rich clothing, the…
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Bring it on!
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…
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Getting ready
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…