by Site Admin | May 6, 2020 | Church Blog
What do we have to learn from celebrating Communion in the digisphere? What is lost? What is faithful? These questions and many others are unique to our time. In history, Christians suffering through times of pandemic have not been afforded the opportunity to...
by Site Admin | Mar 11, 2020 | Church Blog
Tests for reflection: Gen 12:1-4a Ps 121 Rm 4:1-5, 13-17 Jn 3:1-17 Trap 1: Be aware of Manichaeism in Romans and John. Manichaeism presumes there is a source of evil in the world, that evil resides in matter. St. Augustine says that this presumption is incompatible...
by Site Admin | Feb 26, 2020 | Church Blog
Texts for reflection: Ex 24:12-18; Mt 17:1-9 Good biblical study benefits from a contextual reading of a passage. What this looks like in our story about Jesus’ transfiguration is at the very least to read before and after the text in question. Just before today’s...
by Site Admin | Feb 24, 2020 | Church Blog
If [a leader] were a true and devout Christian he would be glad that you entrust nothing to him, and would praise and approve you for keeping so close a watch on him. Since he acts in accord with God’s will, he is willing and content to have his actions brought to...
by Site Admin | Feb 5, 2020 | Church Blog
At Good Shepherd we are practicing group Bible study in the format of Dwelling in the Word. This format emphasizes listening as we encounter God in Scripture. The format has four parts: listen to Scripture listen to God listen to neighbor listen to community When we...
by Site Admin | Jan 27, 2020 | Church Blog
Text for reflection: Mt 4:18-22 But first, the end: “But the angel said to the women, “…Go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead, and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.” -Mt 28:5-7 In the end, the...
