Praying for Fire and Brimstone – Jonah 4
Where do we find ourselves in the story that we just read? To help us think about this, I’m going to divide the congregation into
Where do we find ourselves in the story that we just read? To help us think about this, I’m going to divide the congregation into
So Jonah went to the great city of Nineveh. The story tells us the city took three days to go through. The ancient city of
Today’s scripture shows a man who is very down. The Hebrew words for down and deep are used over and over again in Chapters 1
God, you great Searcher of our hearts,is this the place where remorse begins?You know our lives through and through.You’ve seen the wrongs we try to
You are the God who hears: hear our prayer today for all who lament or repent. For those among us who face discrimination every day
God of every tongue and nation: thank you for the multiplicity and beauty of languages, each one a treasure, each one unmatched and irreplaceable. Thank
Judas is so easy to hate. The betrayer, the snitch, the bad seed, his name synonymous with treason. No one cries when we hear he’s
On this day when we remember your triumphal entry we admit that we, too, have paid lip service to you, but have not wanted to
We come gingerly to prayer on this Good Friday holding the pieces of our broken world. So much is ruined and spoiled, so much hatred
I am a Mennonite pastor currently teaching theology at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario. I’ve served congregations in Ontario and most recently, Alberta.
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