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The Three Trees of the Christian Story

Traditional Sermon Lent 3 The Gospel from Luke 13 begins in a way that’s a bit more like the way I receive my morning news rather than the way I like to receive the Good News. It begins with people coming up to Jesus and sharing news of Pontius Pilate, the Governor of the land,…

Tangled Roots

EMAIL DEVOTIONAL PEntecost 7 A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. (Isaiah 11:1) I could not tell where one root started and another finished. It just looked like a convoluted mess of intertwining branches. We were hiking in Swallow Falls State Park on vacation,…

The Tale of the Three Trees

EMAIL DEVOTIONAL Easter SUNDAY He is not here; for he has been raised. (Matthew 28:6) [Please enjoy this classic anonymous folktale, The Tale of the Three Trees. It is offered as an Easter devotion.] Once upon a mountain top, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they…