by MCCDC-Dale | May 13, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection The title of our current worship series, Bring Heaven to Earth, has offered us the opportunity to explore Jesus’ teachings as presented in the Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5-7 and discussed in the book by Professor Amy-Jill Levine. From...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 6, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Jesus advises that the disciples not ‘heap up empty phrases’ since God does not need ‘many words’ (Matthew 6:7). God already knows what we want because God is aware of what is in our hearts. The purpose of prayer is not to get God’s attention. We already have God’s...
by MCCDC-Dale | Apr 29, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
We continue our journey through the Sermon on the Mount, guided by Amy-Jill Levine’s book of the same name, and of course our continuing engagement with God, Jesus, the scriptures and other teachers. This Sunday, we will reflect on Matthew 5:17-20 in which Jesus tells...
by MCCDC-Dale | Apr 22, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.” ~Gwendolyn Brooks As the responses to the Minneapolis verdict continue, I’ve been thinking about the above quote by poet Gwendolyn Brooks. She holds the honor of being...
by MCCDC-Dale | Apr 15, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“The disciples learn from Torah, from lilies and ravens, from Jesus, and from one another. They are not part of the wider Gentile world that lives by the standards of the Roman Empire; they are disciples who live in a group that shares bread and forgives debt; they...
