Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27, Psalm 130, 2 Corinthians 8:7-15, Mark 5:21-4
The Rev. Ron W. Griffin
“Learning to Fish”
Good Morning! Have you ever had one of those days that start out bad and then get worse? It seems from the moment your feet hit the floor you wish you could climb back in bed, cover your eyes and start the day differently? There is an old blues song I’m reminded of with the lyric, “If it wasn’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all.” These are the times when life takes a turn in the wrong direction and everything seems to unravel, and it’s more than you can absorb. Ever felt like that? Read the rest of this entry »
Second Sunday after Pentecost
1 Samuel 15:34-16:13, Psalm 20, 2 Corinthians 5:6-17, Mark 4:26-34
The Rev. Ron W. Griffin
“Mustard Please”
Good Morning! I am constantly amazed by the miracles of medicine and medical technology. As I spoke with Charlotte each day when she was back east, following the progress of her mother and her hip replacement, I was reminded, what was “Star Wars” just a few years ago has become commonplace and routine. As we continue to move out into more and more advancements, ultra high technology extending life and the quality of life, there is also a trend to look back as well, to those ancient and home remedies, when the pharmacy was in the pantry. Long before scientific discoveries revealed the inner workings of penicillin or aspirin, we had moldy bread for coughs, foxglove for the faint-hearted, and headache sufferers chewing wintergreen leaves. Read the rest of this entry »
First Sunday after Pentecost
Trinity Sunday
Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 29, Romans 8:12-17, John 3:1-17
The Rev. Ron W. Griffin
“The Nicodemus in Us”
Good morning!
Not that long ago I was in seminary, and often in our discussion for that class day we were to have unpacked a section of the reading for discussion; a pretty common assignment. Sometimes no matter how much I would try, how often I would read the section, the words and ideas would all seem to run together, and I would struggle to make the connection for the class discussion. What took me a while to realize was each of these readings assumed the reader had knowledge to support the high context language used by the author. Read the rest of this entry »
