A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on October 6, 2013. Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 A few weeks ago, we heard from the Prophet Jeremiah. He was reminding the Hebrew people that they had forgotten their part in God’s story, They had forgotten to tell how their stories were connected to God’s bigger…
This post was also published at The Pastoral is Political at Revgalblogpals. This past week, I posted a comment on Facebook decrying the $40 billion in cuts to the Food Stamp program, claiming it is not how Jesus wants us to treat each other. I also posted this picture: A good friend from college, who…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on September 22, 2013 by Rev. Marci Auld Glass. Jeremiah 2:4-13 Our passage this morning, from the beginning chapters of Jeremiah, offers a courtroom style indictment by God against Israel. “Therefore, once more, I accuse you” says the Lord. If you’ve ever read much of…
Our adult Sunday School class is using the Animate Curriculum on the Bible right now. This past week, we were talking about our Bibles. For some of us, the sacredness of the text keeps us from marking the pages with notes. For me, I have many copies of the Bible. But the one I call…
My husband had to come home from work this morning to change clothes because his shirt ripped. I was hoping it was a tear I could repair, but it is not. Right across the back, the fabric just shredded. And we are both sad about this, much more than one might expect us to be…
Here is the prompt from over at Revgals! My first ever Friday Five is dedicated to Nikki MacDonald, sister RevGal, who was hungering for an opportunity to write about Haggis. With that introduction, today’s FF is all about food! 1) Is there a food from a foreign land whose reputation led to trepidation when you…
Every year on Epiphany, our congregation is invited to take a star out of a basket as it is passed around. Each star has a different word and people are invited to keep that word with them throughout the year, seeing if they can incorporate it into their conversation with God. Is there something God…
The Testimony of the Bent Over Woman A perspective on Luke 13:10-17 and Isaiah 58:9b-14 by Marci Auld Glass I know the ground of my town well. I am good friends with each rock, each turn of a path, each twist of a road. The way the dirt banks on some turns, the trails left…
Here is the prompt from over at Revgals. Friday Five: Habits “The weekly church reading group I facilitate has just finished reading and discussing The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg. It is a fascinating book with research about business and people’s habits or routines.…
This was originally posted at There is Power in The Blog. I recently saw the film, “Elysium”, starring Matt Damon. It is set in a post-apocalyptic Earth, but from what I could tell, it wasn’t war or earthquake or zombies that ruined Earth and turned it into a hell-scape where people lived in rubble and…
Glass Overflowing 