2020-02-26 – Ash Wednesday – Sermon: “The Problem With Fasting and Ashes” – Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Sermon from Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Rocklin, California, published via the power of IFTTT.
Sermon from Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Rocklin, California, published via the power of IFTTT.
Sermon from Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Rocklin, California, published via the power of IFTTT.
Sermon from Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Rocklin, California, published via the power of IFTTT.
It was evening. The sun had slipped down into the horizon, sharply silhouetting trees against the twilight. We pulled into the hard-packed dirt parking lot outside the Jalaram Nursing Home—a private hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. The noise of city traffic churning past us. Pastor David Chuchu was responding to the distress of a friend whose …
Sermon from Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Rocklin, California, published via the power of IFTTT.
Sermon from Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Rocklin, California, published via the power of IFTTT.
I am home. Fairly rested. Unpacked. Laundry done. Back to cooking. Daffodils and narcissus are blooming in the backyard. Looking in the rearview mirror at my three weeks in Kenya, brings a collage of images: Driving for hours on paved and unpaved roads, sometimes dusty, sometimes muddy and slick. Packing and unpacking. Laying my head …
Sermon from Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Rocklin, California, published via the power of IFTTT.
Sermon from Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Rocklin, California, published via the power of IFTTT.
I am always torn when I leave Kenya. I am ready to see my family and friends in California, AND sad to leave those I love in Kenya. I have been cared for in so many ways here. Pastor David Chuchu has been my steadfast pastor, colleague, friend, driver, organizer, cheerleader and so much more …