The Wilderness / Journey Through Lent
This week, our journey with the Good Shepherd brings us into the wilderness as we begin Lent, the 40-day period of preparation before celebrating the resurrection of Jesus at Easter. Lent is modeled after the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness preparing to begin...
Muscular Hope
At our recent Women’s Retreat, we were asked to reflect on two questions around the theme of hope: What is a hope that you have for your formation in Jesus? And what is a hope that you have for the Platt Park Church community? Such great questions! But first I had to...
What is the right path?
“He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.” – Psalm 23:3 I have been thinking about Stephen’s message last Sunday and his statement that “right paths” in Psalm 23 don’t refer to a single, clear path. “Right paths” don’t mean that...
Green Pastures
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. Chances are, we have heard these words from Psalm 23:2 hundreds, maybe thousands, of times in our lives if we grew up around the church. The imagery makes us think of calm, lush valleys of deep...
The Shepherd
The only real constant in King David’s life was danger. As a shepherd, David was in danger of being attacked by lions and bears. As a fugitive, David fled the bloodthirst jealousy of Saul. Even as a king, David was in danger of Saul’s children seeking his death....
Sacred Waiting
Tomorrow marks the beginning of Advent -- the beginning of a new year in the church calendar and a time of both reflection and expectation. Advent is a season of waiting -- a threshold, or a liminal space. Stephen Milburn taught about liminal space in our “Seasons of...