December 15, 2024 – Advent III – “Anointing for Justice, Who Belongs?”
As we approach the third week of Advent, it has been an unconventional Advent season so far. The scriptures we have been looking at this Advent season are not your typical Advent passages and this Sunday we will be celebrating Christmas at Marion a full ten days...December 8, 2024 – Advent II, “Opening Hearts, What Do We Ask For?”
Our Advent journey brings us to the little book of Joel, where we read that things are very bad for this group of people who lived in Israel; bad, because they had turned away from God. The scripture for this week is Joel 2:12-13; 28-29….the key phrase: “Return...December 1, 2024 – Advent I – “Between a Rock and a Hard Place, How Do We Continue On?”
This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. For some, Advent is something that has been practiced for as long as they can remember, for others this is something new, so let’s chat a little about Advent. I like the way the Bible Project explains...November 24, 2024 – “Spiritual Disciplines…Celebration”
This Sunday we will conclude our study of the Spiritual Practices. This Sunday we will be looking at the Spiritual Practice of Celebration. The invitation to celebrate to remember what God has done for us modeled for us all throughout the Old...November 17, 2024 – “Spiritual Disciplines…Guidance”
I asked a question last Sunday during our time together and we looked at the Spiritual Practice of Confession. I asked if you believed that God really desires what is best for you. I think that question applies again this week as we look at the Spiritual...
Kansas City barbecue draws Pennsylvania family on whirlwind birthday trip
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For one Pennsylvania family, a meal at Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que is worth a 2,000-mile travel day. It's a birthday present Mary Ann and Paul Miller's two ...