Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places: Greetings in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ! Healing you, me, and the world. I know this sounds a bit far-fetched, but the Bible doesn’t think so. Page after page is filled with stories of people who are ultimately persuaded that they and the world can be healed, with God’s help. Like our story last Sunday of Naaman, the great commander of the Aramaean army who was healed of a skin ailment. Let’s start there. What did Naaman do to be healed? Not much really. He got angry. He felt entitled. He thought he could buy his way to healing. Then he listened to his wife who listened to a slave girl who talked about the power of God through the Prophet Elisha. And just as Elijah said, Naaman was healed on the seventh dip. How, again? And what about those first six dips? Here are some ideas, dip by dip . . .
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Palm Sunday 2025
Worship, Procession, Apr 13
WORSHIP VIDEO. At 9:30 am, we gather in the sanctuary (and via livestream) for a brief worship service as Pastor Harry leads us with scripture from Luke 19:28-40. After the service, we follow bagpipes and process to the Santa Fe Plaza to share in the 10:30 Ecumenical Service with the Cathedral Basilica and Church of the Holy Faith. Everyone is welcome.Read moreMarch 29, 2025
Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places: Greetings in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ! When I get discouraged about church, Christianity, this present day . . . Yes, you can answer this. Don’t wait for me. But while you are thinking and since I posed the question let me tell you how I would answer. I read John Philip Newell books. The latest one, The Great Search, has been the subject of our current Adult Education series that wraps up this Sunday.
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Worship, Apr 6, 10am
VIDEO. Do you want to be healed? That is the question Jesus asks the man by the pool who had been ill for thirty-eight years. Seems like a simple question but the answer is not. Come find out what happens in this story from John 5:1-9. Pastor Harry invites you to join us.March 22, 2025
Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places: Greetings in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ! When I think about it I am a bit amused and somewhat surprised. I never imagined in my early years that I would ever give a sermon, let alone keep giving them for forty-one years! By my rough calculation I have given 1600 sermons and logged around 13,000 hours preparing them. I cringe thinking about my first sermons and still cringe when I can’t figure out a way to make scripture come alive and grab hold of us and take us to a new address. That’s on me, not scripture. It has plenty of power and resources to change lives.
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Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places: Greetings in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ! Here I am, Lord. Have you ever said this? I know we sing the hymn a few times a year with this refrain, but have you ever thought more about what it means? Be careful if you do. Ask a prophet, any of them, and you’ll learn that a call from God is not all sunbeams on a golden field or fluffy clouds spelling out your name. (Where did we ever get that idea?) Instead, God’s call comes in times of spiritual desolation, religious corruption, political danger, and social upheaval.
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Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places: Greetings in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ! Jesus wept. If you want to impress your friends with reciting Bible verses this is the one. It is easy to memorize, yes, but that’s where easy ends. Jesus weeps and it’s hard to watch. The fully divine don’t weep, do they? But the fully human do, I know, those who feel deeply the plight of the human spirit trying to survive in a world turned upside down and sideways.
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