The Rev. Jonathan R Thomas March 27, 2016 (Easter Vigil) Telling the Eternal Story The liturgy of the word begins tonight with the call: “Let us hear the record of God’s saving deeds in history, how God saved the people in ages past.” There is nothing new about this salvation story told and…
The Rev. Jonathan R Thomas February 21, 2016 (Lent 2C) Genesis 15:1-12,17-18 Learning to Trust An old friend of mine named Shayne recently published his first book called The Briarpatch Gospel in which he talks about meeting God in the wildernesses of life. Shayne is a pastor in Atlanta, actually he was my…
O God, take our minds and think through them, take our lips and speak through them, and take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Growing up, I do not remember a time when I was told that my older sister was adopted and I was my parents’ biological child. It was just a…