Author Archive: Shera Payne

The Transfiguration

The Transfiguration

Reading: Luke 9: 28-36 Do not diminish Jesus. If we make a decision to diminish Jesus, even before we meet with him, then we have impoverished ourselves. I wonder if the disciples were diminishing Jesus, then saw the transfiguration and had their minds blown? Here we see: Moses who incarnates the Law Elijah who incarnates […]

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  Mar 3, 2019   No comments
The Parable of the Persistent Widow

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

Reading: Luke 18: 1-8 1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept […]

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  Mar 1, 2019   No comments
Fish for People

Fish for People

Reading: Luke 5:1-11 Let’s put out into the deep. Put out our nets and be fishermen of people. Life is a journey. When a child is Christened he/she starts their journey; they take their first steps in the direction of being a Christian. Christianity is often seen as a safe place. But it is not, […]

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  Feb 10, 2019   No comments
The Gift of Communion

The Gift of Communion

Reading: Luke 22:14-23 Imagine the Bible timeline from Genesis through to the New Testament, through to Paul’s letters and through to Revelations. When was the first communion in the Bible? Answer: In Genesis 14 when Abram meets with Melchizedek king of Salem, and priest of the Most High God. Melchizedek brought out bread and wine. […]

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  Nov 25, 2018   No comments