Caretakers of Love & Knowledge

1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Mark 1:21-28 I like reading websites full of weird facts, stories, and research. This week I fell down the internet rabbit hole of the Smithsonian Magazine online. I read about the Herero Genocide. Never heard of it? Me either until now. But it was where Germany perfected genocide, and tested out the …

Peace on Earth

Isaiah 40: 1-11  Mark 1:1-8 A country is invaded by people who have skin a different color than us. They speak a different language. They worship in a different religion. And they declare our land now belongs to a minority living among us. We revolt - we protest - we fight. And they keep sending …

Why Rejoice?

Isaiah 25:1-9 Philippians 4:1-9 Why rejoice? How can we rejoice at a time like this? Is it right? Think of this year. What a year. A terrible year of tragedies, and world disasters. A year of record breaking fires, earthquakes, and hurricanes. A year of genocide, and threats of nuclear war, and civil war. A …