by Susan Kerr | Dec 19, 2024 | Rev. Susan, Uncategorized
Advent 4 Love and Pizza Luke 2:19 Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. Mary’s been through a lot. The pregnancy, the uncertainty before Joseph said he would protect her, the changes she feels in her young body. Thank God for her cousin...
by Susan Kerr | Dec 11, 2024 | Rev. Susan, Uncategorized
Advent 3 Joy and the Big Scene To think about: Luke 2:8-20 It would’ve been chaos. Sheep falling over, dogs barking, bright lights, snoring shepherds stretching and yelling, angels singing. It has all the makings of a rock concert gone horribly wrong. One angel...
by Susan Kerr | Dec 4, 2024 | Rev. Susan, Uncategorized
Advent 2 An Old Word Isaiah 9:6-7 Ok, I’ll admit it. There are quests that send me down internet rabbit holes. Coming from a background in language, words are one of those quests. I love looking at old manuscripts, reading the Hebrew on the pages of Esther...
by Susan Kerr | Nov 26, 2024 | Rev. Susan, Uncategorized
Hope and Boxes A reading for this week :Romans 15:12-13 (the ‘root of Jesse’ that is talked about here was the apostle Paul referring to Jesus). We’ll light the first candle of Advent on December 1 this year. It’s often called the candle of Hope. But...
by Susan Kerr | Nov 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Setting Tables To think about: Luke 15:11-32 There’s a beauty in walking into a house and seeing a table set, and smelling dinner cooking. It means someone has thought of you coming and has already planned, prepared and created a welcome for you....
by Susan Kerr | Nov 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Winter tires Something to think about: Jeremiah 29:11-13 It’s time. Sitting in the waiting room of the mechanic’s, smelling rubber and hearing the lifts and the impact wrenches, looking around at new rims and stacks of summer tires with shallower treads being...
