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Creche and Love

By susan | December 18, 2022 - 6:45 am |December 17, 2022 All Posts, Articles
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I have always been fascinated by creches. My childhood home had its own creche which was part of our Christmas decorations. Among my earliest memories is reenacting the nativity story as I choreographed Joseph and Mary with the donkey; the Christ Child in the manger surrounded by sheep and a… Continue reading →

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  • Why We Christians So Often Get It Wrong (Part Two)
    Why We Christians So Often Get It Wrong...
    My concern in this series is not so much the historical church but the contemporary crisis we are facing today in ...
    00:10:33
    October 03, 2023
    Why We Christians So Often Get It Wrong (Part One)
    Why We Christians So Often Get It Wrong...
    So, a follower of Jesus is one who does as God does and becomes like the God Jesus came to reveal. That’s why 87...
    00:13:01
    September 28, 2023
    A Good Christian
    A Good Christian
    Is there a difference between judging whether someone is a Christian and judging whether one’s words and actions...
    00:08:26
    September 27, 2023
    We Are Who We Were
    We Are Who We Were
    The truth is that we do not arrive on this planet tabula rosa. We each come into this universe with a unique mixt...
    00:06:14
    September 25, 2023
    You Can't Go Home Again (Part Three)
    You Can't Go Home Again (Part Three)
    It’s true that we can’t go home again–not to the home of the past because the former things of transience, d...
    00:13:31
    September 23, 2023
    You Can't Go Home Again (Part Two)
    You Can't Go Home Again (Part Two)
    The home of nostalgia and memory is gone forever. It has irreversibly changed for us and those who “stayed at ho...
    00:10:30
    September 20, 2023
    You Can't Go Home Again (Part One)
    You Can't Go Home Again (Part One)
    Humans cannot live on this earth without some degree of adaptation. But perhaps the changes of our original “hom...
    00:06:21
    September 19, 2023
    The System: Change or Improve?
    The System: Change or Improve?
    The treatment of Indigenous people and Blacks in this country constitutes America’s Original Sin of which we ref...
    00:10:08
    September 15, 2023
    Atheists, Christians, and Followers of Jesus
    Atheists, Christians, and Followers of ...
    Frankly, I would rather join hands and hearts with atheists who “live by love” than with “Christians” who ...
    00:13:51
    September 14, 2023
    Deciding What Belongs to Whom (Amos 5:21-24)
    Deciding What Belongs to Whom (Amos 5:2...
    Our passage today states the message of Amos in a nutshell. God hates their religious festivals, sacrificial offe...
    00:21:16
    September 11, 2023
    Father Forgive Them (Part Three)
    Father Forgive Them (Part Three)
    After quoting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr regarding his call for Blacks to forgive those white supremacists who had...
    00:08:26
    September 09, 2023
    Father Forgive Them (Part Two)
    Father Forgive Them (Part Two)
    As Jesus’ tormentors abused his body in such horrible ways, we can imagine they assumed they were punishing and...
    00:10:14
    September 08, 2023
    Father Forgive Them (Part One)
    Father Forgive Them (Part One)
    For the love and forgiveness revealed in Jesus’ prayer on the cross to become “a part of the habit structure o...
    00:10:07
    September 07, 2023
    The Dynamics of Forgiveness
    The Dynamics of Forgiveness
    Should Christians always forgive? Read along at https://randomscreenful.us/ronzorn/matthew-1821-35-the-dynamics-o...
    00:22:39
    September 05, 2023
    Remembering (Part Two)
    Remembering (Part Two)
    This country has no hope of maintaining its democracy or any moral decency until it repents of its Original Sin of...
    00:16:12
    September 04, 2023
    Remembering (Part One)
    Remembering (Part One)
    Jesus was more than just a good teacher and miraculous healer. He was a revolutionary prophet whose witness threat...
    00:08:10
    September 02, 2023
    God and UFOs
    God and UFOs
    Let’s assume for a moment there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe and such beings are “more advanc...
    00:10:07
    September 01, 2023
    Home
    Home
    We may have houses, but as a people/a culture, we have no home. We are in exile. We are alienated from the very cr...
    00:15:27
    August 31, 2023
    Is God Omnipotent?
    Is God Omnipotent?
    Perhaps the most agonizing question in theology is how to justify a belief in a good, loving, and powerful god in ...
    00:19:35
    August 29, 2023
    Radical Doxology
    Radical Doxology
    Authentic doxology is experienced only by those who are lost in love, wonder, thanksgiving, and praise. Too many i...
    00:06:13
    August 28, 2023
    When Humans are Better Than God
    When Humans are Better Than God
    Often, in an attempt to correct bad theology, I will ask Christians if they know people who are better than the Go...
    00:11:51
    August 25, 2023
    Heaven or Hell (Part Three)
    Heaven or Hell (Part Three)
    For every passage one may quote confirming the finality of hell for non-believers, I can quote another passage whi...
    00:25:49
    August 24, 2023
    Heaven or Hell (Part Two)
    Heaven or Hell (Part Two)
    The reality of hell in this life (in this article, I’m not referring to any concept of hell in the next dimensio...
    00:13:16
    August 23, 2023
    Heaven or Hell (Part One)
    Heaven or Hell (Part One)
    In this article, I want to focus on the Parable of the Long Spoon's relevance for the continuing and lethal l...
    00:12:09
    August 22, 2023
    Cotton Patch Gospel for Today
    Cotton Patch Gospel for Today
    A sermon based on the vision and ministry of Clarence Jordan, who in 1942 led in establishing Koinonia Farm, chri...
    00:30:48
    August 18, 2023
    Intentions and Actions
    Intentions and Actions
    Over seventy years ago J. G. Bennett observed that we tend to see ourselves primarily in the light of our intentio...
    00:06:09
    August 18, 2023
    Ecclesiastes Vanity of Vanities
    Ecclesiastes Vanity of Vanities
    The book Ecclesiastes is part of the wisdom tradition of Israel which was designed to teach young men how to live...
    00:20:57
    August 15, 2023
    The Scourge and Gift of Time (Part Two)
    The Scourge and Gift of Time (Part Two)
    In this article, I want to look at another way our later years can be formative. This way is related to how Hesche...
    00:08:22
    August 12, 2023
    The Scourge and Gift of Time (Part One)
    The Scourge and Gift of Time (Part One)
    How can we, mere specks on the tapestry of time and space which stretches over billions of years and trillions of ...
    00:10:03
    August 09, 2023
    The Fear of the Lord
    The Fear of the Lord
    Psychologists have long known that we cannot truly love what we fear. As I John says, “Perfect love casts out fe...
    00:11:39
    August 07, 2023
    God's Trump Card
    God's Trump Card
    All her life she had heard that homosexuals could not be saved and were destined for hell unless they repented and...
    00:10:29
    July 31, 2023
    Original Sin (Part Three of Three)
    Original Sin (Part Three of Three)
    In this article, I want to pursue the question of what we are saved from and for in our redemption from sin ac...
    00:08:41
    July 27, 2023
    Original Sin (Part Two of Three)
    Original Sin (Part Two of Three)
    According to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, we inherit the consequences of our ancestors’ sin but not the guilt ...
    00:07:01
    July 27, 2023
    Original Sin (Part One of Three)
    Original Sin (Part One of Three)
    Many modern/postmodern people are reluctant to talk about sin. Part of the reason is because of the sick theology...
    00:10:53
    July 27, 2023
    Dogs and Swine (Part Two)
    Dogs and Swine (Part Two)
    I can remember times when I chose to “bark and oink” instead of being open to bigger truths and being willing ...
    00:10:26
    July 26, 2023
    Dogs and Swine (Part One)
    Dogs and Swine (Part One)
    With Jesus’ reference to dogs and swine in Matthew 7:6, I think we can assume that he realized there are those w...
    00:10:51
    July 25, 2023
    I or We?
    I or We?
    The only way I know to address the selfishness and greed of our society is to question some of the assumptions hel...
    00:07:09
    July 24, 2023
    Rooted in Joy
    Rooted in Joy
    I would like to approach joy beginning with some of the words people confuse with joy and see how joy is different...
    00:09:29
    July 22, 2023
    Whose Stuff Will They Be?
    Whose Stuff Will They Be?
    The rich man’s story in Luke 12:13-21 has been repeated all through recorded history. Whether one is a king or a...
    00:11:58
    July 21, 2023
    An Evolving Understanding of Prayer
    An Evolving Understanding of Prayer
    As I reflect on my spiritual journey, I realize that my concept of prayer is very different from what it was many...
    00:07:16
    July 19, 2023
    Samwise
    Samwise
    Frodo is the recognized hero of Tolkien’s tale, but for me, Sam is the hero. Read along at https://randomscreen...
    00:06:56
    July 18, 2023
    Mother Earth
    Mother Earth
    If ever in the history of humankind we need to stop and think long and hard about our relationship with our exqui...
    00:11:23
    July 17, 2023
    God's Answer to a Bad Reputation
    God's Answer to a Bad Reputation
    I believe it was the homiletics professor and minister John Killinger who once said that “Jesus is God’s answ...
    00:08:24
    July 15, 2023
    One Very Small Thing: Matthew 6:34
    One Very Small Thing: Matthew 6:34
    I believe Etty Hillesum was one of those rare people whose epitaph could read “In the worst of times she did th...
    00:05:51
    July 14, 2023
    The Last Judgment: Part Two
    The Last Judgment: Part Two
    In the first part of our look at the Last Judgment, we explored the background and purpose of this metaphor. In t...
    00:29:47
    July 12, 2023
    Seeing Each Other Real
    Seeing Each Other Real
    Because we live on this side of the Cross, we dare not look at ourselves or anyone else with vision untouched by ...
    00:13:35
    July 12, 2023
    The Last Judgment: Part One of Two
    The Last Judgment: Part One of Two
    For most people, the primary emotion felt when they hear the words “the Last Judgment” is fear. Terrifying pai...
    00:19:35
    July 10, 2023
    Shalom: Part Three
    Shalom: Part Three
    The third dimension of shalom can be seen in the following definition (I do not know who first offered this defini...
    00:19:19
    July 09, 2023
    Shalom: Part Two
    Shalom: Part Two
    In Part One of this three-part series on shalom, I gave the Hebrew background to the concept of shalom as well a...
    00:08:10
    July 08, 2023
    Shalom: Part One
    Shalom: Part One
    First in a three-part series exploring several dimensions of shalom which are relevant in our world today. Old Tes...
    00:10:18
    July 06, 2023
    Some Musings About the Bible
    Some Musings About the Bible
    Examples of the genocide Israel conveniently assumed God commanded can be found in Deuteronomy 7:2; 20:16-17a; Jo...
    00:11:18
    July 03, 2023
    For God So Loved the World (Part Four)
    For God So Loved the World (Part Four)
    In this final sermon in the series we conclude by looking at the word “perish” in the second half of John 3:16...
    00:13:50
    June 27, 2023
    For God So Loved the World (Part Three)
    For God So Loved the World (Part Three)
    In this third sermon in our series I want us to ask how we obtain this eternal life. Read along while you listen ...
    00:08:58
    June 21, 2023
    For God So Loved the World (Part Two)
    For God So Loved the World (Part Two)
    Second in a four-part series. If God sent God’s Son into this world so that we might have eternal life, then it...
    00:14:00
    June 20, 2023
    For God So Loved the World (Part One)
    For God So Loved the World (Part One)
    First in a four-part series. John 3:16 is like the Lord’s Prayer—we all know it, but our very familiarity with...
    00:12:51
    June 02, 2023
    The Elephant in the Room
    The Elephant in the Room
    This sermon was written for the thousands of churches in our culture who are anxious about the future of their dw...
    00:31:12
    May 26, 2023

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