Tag Archives: Hebrew Bible

Gather in Storms

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading – a combination of Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg’s 2022 and 2023 Hanukah reflections, which end with this reflection Hanukah isn’t just about what happened in the past, on the calendar. It’s about who we are capable of being. It’s about … Continue reading →

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What Punishments of God Are Not Gifts? Job and the Hope of a Mysterious God

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

For a long time, Job agrees with Stephen Colbert. You know, Job. The one whose life was the epitome of #blessed. That is, until he lost everything. His money. His land. All ten of his children. Even his own health. By … Continue reading →

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Abide With Me

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

What is the thread that connects us as a people, the unique comfort and calling of our community pressing upon each of us willing to tend to it, to be tended by it? What is the thread that connects your … Continue reading →

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What Love Means

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Part 1: Tough Love When I was an intern in the women’s prison – women would come to talk with me, as their chaplain, and they’d tell me that they knew, Jesus was the solution to their problems. When they’d say … Continue reading →

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Blessed Unrest

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: Fault Lines by Robert Walsh As we have been feeling the fault lines in all of our living rooms this week, I’ve been thinking about the stories of the Hebrew Bible. Especially the story of Exodus – which begins with an … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged Anxiety, Certainty, Exodus, Faith, Fear, Grief, Hebrew Bible, Idolatry, Mystery, Uncertainty | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Hebrew Bible

Gather in Storms

What Punishments of God Are Not Gifts? Job and the Hope of a Mysterious God

Abide With Me

What Love Means

Blessed Unrest

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