Christ the King 2018 Rev. Doug Floyd Hebrews 12:18-29 This week marks the end of the church year and in some sense the end of time as we know it. There can be a fear associated with the end of time as though time is running down, running out, and all things falling into disarray.…
Pentecost +26 Chase Whitmire Reading Hebrews – Community of Faith Hebrews 10-11 Our readings today reek of darkness and despair at first glance. Daniel talked about the end times, of trials and tribulations like none that have been seen before. The beginning of our reading in psalm there is a cry for God to preserve…
Reading Hebrews – Atonement Part 2 Pentecost +25 Rev. Doug Floyd One of the ways to understand atonement might be to just think about stories. Many stories follow the form of Home, Away, and Home Again. For instance, The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins who starts out at home. He’s in the shire.…
Reading Hebrews – Atonement Part 1 All Saints Sunday 2018 Rev. Doug Floyd I was talking with some students last week about Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory, a novel set in early twentieth century Mexico. Christianity is outlawed (which it was). The priest is on the run from authorities as he moves from…