Scripture: Mark 11: 1 – 11 Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN April 9, 2017 I once had a professor read today’s scripture passage to the class aloud and invite us to imagine ourselves in this story.  “With whom do we identify?” she asked.  Some people imagined themselves as Jesus riding into town; others imagined themselves…

Scripture: Mark 15:25-34 Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV DMIN April 2, 2017 The first time I was introduced to the concept of a non-white Jesus was when I was about 9 or 10 years old.  I was watching an episode of “Good Times”.  (Show “Good Times” episode of black Jesus.)  Like Florida, “Mama”, the only image…

Scripture: John 12: 1-8 Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN March 19, 2017 Since one of our service projects this morning is the children’s bake sale, I thought I would share you a story about a bake sale. Alice Grayson was to bake a cake for the Baptist Church Ladies’ group bake sale but she forgot…

Scripture: Mark 12: 13 -17, 28-31 March 12, 2017 Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN In the Middle Ages, according to legend, there was a time of discord in Jerusalem.  At that time, in the Holy City, Christians asked the Pope to banish all Jews from Jerusalem.  And so the Pope went to Jerusalem to hold…

Scripture: Mark 11: 12 – 21 Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN March 5, 2017 During my teenage years, I played a lot of tennis.  At sixteen, I prepared for a major tennis tournament in which I had it into the finals.  I practiced several hours a day; I ran miles and jump-roped – I did…