She Thinks She's Witty

Scripture Mark 14:12-16 ( NRSV ) 12 On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 13 So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him, 14 and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks, Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ 15 He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.” 16 So the disciples set out and went to the city, and found everything as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover meal.  Meditation We are here to remember the meal shared in fellowship, the feet washed in service, the bread broken and the wine poured in sacrifice. But at the beginning of the evening is preparation. Jesus sent his disciples to prepare for Passover , a reme...

My sermon from September 28 , in case you're interested. The title printed in the bulletin was "Silence is Not an Option." The true title, however, was " Silence is Stupid ." If you would rather just listen to it, you can find the audio recording here . Or the video of the service  here . Bethany : Mark 3:3-6 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come forward.” Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him. Rachel : Jesus was g...

I just wanted to say that I did make it through all of Lent with only missing my devos once. On Good Friday, it was 12:35am by the time I remembered to do my devotions for the day. They didn't get put up on my blog until now because I was away and didn't have very good internet access. Anyway, here are the missing devos. Hope everyone had a Happy Easter! Day 38 Scripture : Revelation 21:22-23 Images of God Word Web Day 39 Scripture : Luke 6:20-26 Teacher Jesus, your teachings are so wonderful. They would create a great and mighty nation under you if only we would let them. Please help us to understand your teachings and give us the courage to carry them out in your name. Amen. Day 40 Scripture : Psalm 51 Haiku Happy Procrastination I just can't make myself go Get me going, God! You know that is one of the things I struggle with most, God. Thank you for helping me and please help me do better in the ...

Scripture : Mark 4:26-32 Glimpses "It's this big," she said, her little arms stretched so far apart they were behind her. The object she was talking about was flat and would not have bent like that. Therefore, I could only get an idea of how big it actually was. To her mind, it was bigger than she could even stretch. That's God's love and existence. "This big!" We'll never be able to see the whole expanse of it, but we can show off pieces of it, glimpses of it to others. Hope & Love, Rachel