Category: Pastor’s Blog
On worship as God’s entertainment
It was a wonderful time of celebration on Resurrection Sunday; we had 141 people in worship (11 at sunrise, 130 in the 10:30 service), 3 child dedications, a wonderful dramatic reading by Jim, Ryan, Elaine, and Deb, good music from choir, organ, piano, what I hoped was a provocative Easter sermon – all in all, more »
Anything can happen with construction … or with God
Thoughts from Transitional Pastor Bob Brite: My theology professor, Clark Williamson, once told our class that sometimes God, when working towards a stronger order in creation, has to do some tearing down of the existing order to get the stronger order established. In the midst of that process, chaos happens.
God provides hope amidst helplessness
Part of the Lenten journey for me (or the human one, for that matter) is a struggle to come to terms with my smallness, or insignificance, in the scheme of things.
Learning to trust God in Lent and in our whole lifetime
Adam and Jesus were both sons of God; the difference between them was that Adam didn’t trust God, and Jesus did.
Building damaged, but not ministry
I want to remind folks that just because our building has been damaged, that doesn‘t mean we stop being Christian.
From Bob Brite: On the way to many changes – and celebrating every step of the way
Celebration is a necessary part of life. If you don’t have the high points, you can’t survive the low points. Celebrations typically mark the accomplishing of something – an end – or the commencing of something – a beginning.
Continuing to question who we are as we move into ecumenical future
In case you haven’t heard, the congregation of First Christian Church, Minneapolis decided by an over 85% margin to relocate into the ecumenical setting with Lyndale United Church of Christ and Salem English Lutheran Church at a common Ministry Center at 28th and Garfield.
“No God!!” graffiti asks real question
Sometime over the (New Year’s) weekend, somebody put some graffiti on our sign out on 1st Avenue. They sprayed “No God!!” on the plexiglass announcing our service times. Most of it has been cleaned off by this point (thank you to whoever did the cleaning), but it got me to wondering: What was the soul more »
Recommendation on Relocation Coming
Interim Pastor Bob Brite talks about the recent snowstorm and some recent decisions regarding the future of First Christian.
Advent: Watching, Waiting and Praying
First Christian’s Advent time, our kairos time, is one of working towards newness of life.
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