Hello all. Hope you are summering well. Here’s the wisdom. Our Gospel passage this week is Luke 12:13-21 Here are quotes from the sacred writings of other world religions on meekness: Meekness Therefore, my beloved brethren, let everyone be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath worketh not the righteousness…
Dear all Here’s the wisdom for this week. Luke 11:1-13 1 One day he was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said, “Master, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” 2 So he said, “When you pray, say, Father, Reveal who you are. Set the world right. 3 Keep…
The Rev. Bronwyn Corlett reflects on being the facilitator at London Conference’s Youth Forum 2015. When I am at a crossroads and don’t know what choice to make, especially when I don’t want to move forward, I often think of Peter and the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1–9). Peter so wants to get it right, so when…
Dear all Here is the wisdom for this week. Luke 10:38-42 10:38 Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 10:39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. 10:40…
Into July and here’s the wisdom for this week. Luke 10:25-37 10:25 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 10:26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 10:27 He answered, “You shall love the…
The Rev. Bronwyn Corlett, Program Coordinator for Ministry Recruitment, shares her reflections on those in ministry: I have met serious ministers and funny ministers; ministers who arrive early and overprepared for every meeting; ministers who arrive late with a disorganized bundle of papers. I have seen ministers preach with a seeming relaxed ease and ministers…
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