Mindful Leader
Episodes
Saturday Oct 31, 2015
Elijah confronts Ahab
Saturday Oct 31, 2015
Saturday Oct 31, 2015
An extended passage out of 1st Kings 18 where Elijah dukes it out with the Baal Priests. I only read the second half on the podcast with the first half being read by the liturgist of the day and not included here. I think the question is obviously associated with the idea of false gods and if we give them power. Too often I would think we do. Jesus observes in Matthew 6: 24 that we cannot serve two masters. I do tie back to Hilltop and where we are trying to go in 2016 and what God we are trying to serve. This is from the 9:00 service.
Sunday Oct 18, 2015
Ruth -- God's Loving Kindness within Displacement
Sunday Oct 18, 2015
Sunday Oct 18, 2015
While the reading is from Ruth 1, the sermon is as much all of Ruth as it is Ruth 1. Ruth is the outsider, the one of dubious origins (Moab) but she is the one who shows what God's chesed looks like. We explore the idea of displacement in many ways. This is from the 10:30 service.
Saturday Oct 17, 2015
Deuteronomy 5 -- Covenant Relationship
Saturday Oct 17, 2015
Saturday Oct 17, 2015
Moses reading of the Decalogue the second time, this time before entering the Promised Land brackets the Wilderness narrative. There are hints of the "ancient future" idea I find so resonant. The ancient words apply to us in this future time. But at the key this is about relationship -- God initiates, we are invited to respond. God loves us ... it would be so easy to see Grace as conditional, but it isn't. (Note: we split the reading and I pick up the reading on the podcast about 5:17. Had read 5:1-16 or so earlier.)This is from October 11, 2015 @ 9:00. The 10:30 version was not useable.