by Carley Friesen | Jul 17, 2016 | News
Genesis 18:1-10 & Luke 10:38-42 I grew up taking piano lessons – many years of piano lessons. Our home’s piano was a generous, surprise Christmas gift from my grandfather when I was about 8 years old. The next fall lessons began. I stayed with it longer than...
by Carley Friesen | Jul 10, 2016 | News
Luke 10:25-37 Tuesday morning, our hearts were torn at the news of a young black man shot to death by police while they were attempting to arrest him in Louisiana. Wednesday evening, we are broken again by news of another young black man, shot to death by police...
by Carley Friesen | Jul 3, 2016 | News
2 Kings 5:1-14; Luke 10:1-11, 16-24 God’s power is among us. It doesn’t take any special ordination, though that is a beautiful expression of the coming of the Spirit. It doesn’t take any special degrees, family heritage, maturity, or youth. God is simply among us,...
by Carley Friesen | Jun 12, 2016 | News
Galatians 2:15-21; Luke 7:36-50 I don’t like this guy, Simon. Don’t you agree? He is arrogant, judgmental, self-righteous. He looks down on this woman. He looks down on Jesus for not treating the woman with the disdain he thinks she deserves. He seems like the kind of...
by Carley Friesen | Jun 5, 2016 | News
Luke 9:10-17; 1 Kings 17:8-16 Many years before this story takes place, the people of Israel spent forty years in the desert. They had been miraculously released from Pharaoh’s control. Miracle after miracle spared them, while it devastated their oppressors. Even at...
