by Blaine Detwiler | Apr 1, 2020 | Lent 2020, Towards Sunday
This Sunday is the last in our series on the 7 Deadly Sins and 7 Virtues. We have been taking these ‘7s’ in no particular order. Nonetheless it comes off as a bit ironical that we should land on Sloth/Joy in the middle of the current COVID -19 pandemic. ...
by Blaine Detwiler | Mar 25, 2020 | Lent 2020, Towards Sunday
We began this series on the 7 Deadly Sins and 7 Virtues back on February 23rd. Since then the scenery of our lives has been changing rapidly. One of the tools we have been using is the Cherokee parable of a grandfather telling his grandson about the battle that goes...
by Blaine Detwiler | Mar 10, 2020 | Lent 2020, Towards Sunday
During our current series on 7 Deadly Sins and 7 Virtues we have been using a Cherokee parable. This parable speaks of an old grandfather speaking to his grandson of about how life is like having two wolves that live inside us. One is good and the other...
by Blaine Detwiler | Mar 3, 2020 | Lent 2020, Towards Sunday
Greed/Generosity During this series we have been using the Cherokee parable about a grandfather talking to his grandson about the two wolves that are inside each of us. For this Sunday, as we are giving focus to greed and generosity, we might ask ourselves which...
by Blaine Detwiler | Feb 25, 2020 | Lent 2020, Towards Sunday
This Sunday we turn our attention to Anger/Love. Anger is something we all experience. At its best anger is wanting to tell us something. At its worst anger can produce deadly results. Anger has the power to push apart. Love, in all its variations, has the power of...
by Blaine Detwiler | Feb 19, 2020 | Lent 2020, Towards Sunday
During this series of 2 part – sermons during Lent we will be giving attention to sin and repair. The image of ‘greening up in the spring’ is a helpful metaphor for our approach. This Sunday we will give focus to Envy and Contentment. Consider...