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  • Kids Korner: Jesus talks about life giving bread (August 1st)

    Our Story About our story Read John 6:24-35 with your family. This is one of the hard-to-understand stories in the Bible. The characters in the story are confused about the difference between regular bread they eat and the ever lasting bread that Jesus was talking about. In the Hebrew culture, bread was a symbol of…

  • Sunday Reflection – August 1, 2021

    Reflection   Scripture   Bread of life John 6 24 When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus. 25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” 26 Jesus replied, “I assure…

  • Teen Time: The narcissism of ‘are you saved’ (August 1st)

    Personal Piety means someone is only thinking about themselves and obsessing about their own getting into heaven. Jesus did not teach us to think only of ourselves. Salvation happened once for everyone, with Resurrection. From that point on we were all asked to bring about God’s new kingdom for everyone, not obsess about whether we…

  • A summer break…

    The breeze is blowing, the sun is shining, and Barefoot Evangelist is taking a short break to celebrate my birthday, redesign the website, develop new content, and prepare to launch my first podcast: The Preacher & The Pagan.

  • Sunday Reflection – June 27, 2021

    In-person services in most worship communities have resumed, so we are turning from weekly worship to reflections on the scriptures. Story Time Scripture   Two stories of healing Mark 5 21 Jesus crossed the lake again, and on the other side a large crowd gathered around him on the shore. 22 Jairus, one of the synagogue leaders, came…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus heals two daughter of Israel (June 27th)

    Proper 8 The long green season is called ‘Proper’ or ‘Even time’, or sometimes the “Weeks after Pentecost”. This is how we spend half our year. During Even Time we listen to the stories of Jesus that are not part of Christmas and Easter: Parables, Jesus’ healing folks, Jesus’ teaching about God’s world and Jesus…

  • Teen Time: Separating the institutional church from faith in Jesus (June 27th)

    The long green season is called ‘Proper’ or ‘Even time’, or sometimes the “Weeks after Pentecost”. This is how we spend half our year. During Even Time we listen to the stories of Jesus that are not part of Christmas and Easter: Parables, Jesus’ healing folks, Jesus’ teaching about God’s world and Jesus showing us…

  • Sunday Reflection – June 20, 2021

    In-person services in most worship communities have resumed, so we are turning from weekly worship to reflections on the scriptures. Story Time Scripture   Jesus stops a storm Mark 4 35 Later that day, when evening came, Jesus said to them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the lake.” 36 They left the crowd and took him…

  • Kids Korner: Having faith (June 20th)

    Proper 7 The long green season is called ‘Proper’ or ‘Even time’, or sometimes the “Weeks after Pentecost”. This is how we spend half our year. During Even Time we listen to the stories of Jesus that are not part of Christmas and Easter: Parables, Jesus’ healing folks, Jesus’ teaching about God’s world and Jesus…

  • Teen Time: Why is the church a “holy place”? (June 20th)

    The long green season is called ‘Proper’ or ‘Even time’, or sometimes the “Weeks after Pentecost”. This is how we spend half our year. During Even Time we listen to the stories of Jesus that are not part of Christmas and Easter: Parables, Jesus’ healing folks, Jesus’ teaching about God’s world and Jesus showing us…