It has long been a dream of mine to engage in conversation locally and globally using the scriptures as a basis for discussion. Well friends, here is an opportunity for that dream to become a reality! This is a grand experiment and you are invited to be part of it.
The scriptures for Sunday are our starting place, and from there, God only knows where the discussion will go. Here's how it works.
- On Monday you can log on, see a brief summary of the sermon from the day before, and if it peaks your interest read the whole text which will also be archived.
- On Tuesday I will post a brief opening to the coming week's reading and what I am thinking about them so far.
- On Wednesday someone from Northwood United will post a response and briefly offer what God has stirred up in them in these readings. Thanks to Scott Reynolds and Deborah Richards for your contributions.
- On Thursday I will post where my thoughts are going as I prepare my sermon for the week.
- On Friday Dan Hearty, our Choir director at Northwood will post the prayer he wrote for the week. For some years now Dan has written an eloquent prayer each week to open Thursday night choir practises. So many people have mentioned how thoughtful and grounding these prayers are. Here is our chance to give these prayers more air.
If you live in the Surrey, Langley area, you are also invited to come to Northwood United Church on Thursday morning at 10:30am and join in a face to face discussion of these same scriptures.
If you are from another part of the world, please let us know where you are from. Interpretation of these texts is utterly contextual. Where we are from makes all the difference. One of the gifts of doing this online is the opportunity to see these sacred texts as others see them in other contexts in the world.
So welcome to the conversation. May it be filled with Spirit and Life.
Grace and Peace, Will
