by Lynda Hart | Mar 10, 2025
When we look at Jesus’ forty days and nights in the desert, we see that Satan tries to tempt Jesus via His ego. In other words, Satan wants Jesus to embrace His ego, rather than surrender it to the Father. The most basic meaning of the word ego is that it...
by Lynda Hart | Mar 4, 2025
Sometimes, without knowing it or even being aware of it, we can get locked into our own world and our particular situation. We can forget about or lose sight of the fact that we are part of a much bigger world. In our Gospel reading, Jesus takes some of his friends...
by Lynda Hart | Feb 24, 2025
In Exodus 19:4, God tells Moses, “You have seen for yourselves how I treated the Egyptians and how I bore you up on eagles’ wings and brought you here to myself.” It is one of two similar references in scripture; the other comes from the prophet Isaiah,...
by Lynda Hart | Feb 18, 2025
There is a well-known Christian phrase that says, “God is good,” to which others will then respond, “all the time.” The call and response continues with “All the time,” followed by “God is good.” It’s such a simple phrase, but it gets at the heart of what we as...
by Lynda Hart | Feb 10, 2025
Listen to a group of people talk about “church” for any length of time and you’ll quickly discover that we use the word church in a variety of ways. It’s much like the word love…we don’t love pizza, or steak (or whatever) as much as we love God or our friends...
by Lynda Hart | Feb 3, 2025
Hineni (pronounced hee-nay-nee) is used in the Hebrew Scriptures (the Old Testament) when people respond to a direct call from God. It means “Here I am.” It’s used in OT to respond to God’s divine call, and is a reply of total surrender, total dedication to do what...
