Don't Be Afraid

Learning to Fear

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December 13th -  “Don’t be afraid.”  1 Kings 17:13

Elijah said to her, “Do not be afraid; go and do as you have said; but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterwards make something for yourself and your son.”

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The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Movie clip from Tale of Desperaux from WingClips

Is It Wise to Give to the Poor?

from flickr.com Micah68. Some rights reserved. Used by permission

Here is a recording of the message given at Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian church on January 12, 2014. We examine just how wise those wise men were.

Download a recording of the message (right click and save for later listening.)

Based on Matthew 2:1-12.

Four Ways God Is Revealed

By seng1011, on Flickr, Some Rights ReservedMaps reveal different ways of understanding. This American Life radio show profiled Denis Wood’s maps of Boylan Heights in Raleigh, North Carolina and included and excerpt from his book Everything Sings The unusual maps are revealing not only of the neighborhood but of what we observe and how we find our way. (For more about maps and Denis Wood, see Denis Wood’s website.)

The magi use different maps to find Emmanuel, God with us, in the baby born in Bethlehem. Like the wise ones of Matthew 2:1-12, traditionally called “the three kings”, we can use different ways of finding our way to Christ.

Here is the audio portion of the message “Four Ways God Is Revealed” recorded on Epiphany, Sunday, January 6, 2013 about how to find God.