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As we continue our reflection on the creed, we find ourselves at the line that declares that we believe in the communion of saints. However, I am postponing our discussion of the saints until Nov. 2nd when we will reflect on the saints in our lives and our congregation as part of our [...]

This week’s focus is on what it means to believe in the holy catholic Church.  Given much of what we see on a regular basis, this sometimes seems like the most ridiculous claim of the creed.   How can we say the church is holy  when it is made up of such ordinary and sometimes difficult [...]

This week, I’ll be in West Virginia celebrating my grandparents 70th anniversary  and Rocky Harnen will bring the message based on Mark 4:35-41:
35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just [...]

This week we come to the last of the statements dealing specifically with the person of Jesus Christ:  “I believe in Jesus Christ . . . who ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father where he will come to judge the quick and the dead.”   The creed reminds us [...]

This week (August 31), we are exploring what it means to believe in “Jesus Christ, his only son our Lord, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.”  As such, we are contemplating that amazing event called “incarnation” where God took on flesh and dwelt among us.  For Paul talking to the [...]