Will - Mark 3:20-35 - Third Sunday after Pentecost - 6-9-24

 

Sermon podcast from the Sunday, 6-9-24 worship service - Peace Memorial Church, UCC in Palos Park, IL. Mark 3:20-35

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Will - Mark 3:20-35 - Pentecost 3 - 6-6-21

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Sermon podcast from the Sunday, 6-6-21 online worship service - St. Paul's UCC in Downers Grove, IL. Mark 3:20-35

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Fake News

Sermon podcast from today at St. Paul's UCC in Downers Grove, IL.  Mark 3:20-35.  Not biased, unbiased, or even satirical.  Just fake.

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Today's sermon at St. Paul's UCC in Downers Grove addressed the good and not so good about Church Family.
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Family

This week's Bible reflection (Church family) provides the beginning -- and a little bit of the ending -- of what is now the Sunday sermon at St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Downers Grove, IL
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Church family

I think just about every person who is part of a worship community refers to their ‘church family’ or something that sounds just like it.  Being part of a family is something that is filled with positive feelings, nurturing presence, and loving attitudes.

So when can the ‘Church family’ be a negative thing?

When it means a closed, private, community where only those who know the right rules, do the right things, and accept the right beliefs are welcome.

In this week's Bible reading from Mark 3:20-35, Jesus was being ridiculed for the way he did things.  His family may have been trying to rescue him, though it is more likely that they were trying to shut up his dangerous talk.  And Jesus took the opportunity to let folks know that the church family isn’t a limiting kind of thing.  Church family is one where no matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey – you’re welcome . . .

At least that’s what I heard.