Ordinary Time

Gathering Together in the Time of Covid

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.” This passage is a favorite of mine. In our world that values bigger and better, it reminds me that bigger and better is not what is most important to God. You do not need to be with a huge crowd to encounter God. Just a couple of people, faithfully gathered, is sufficient. “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.”

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God's Wisdom for Solomon and Us

In today’s Old Testament lesson we heard the story that is referred to as The Wisdom of Solomon or Solomon’s Dream. In it, Solomon goes to the Holy Mountain, spends a day in prayer and sacrifice, and then that night he has a dream. God appears to him in the dream and says, Solomon, I will grant you one wish. Solomon says, thank you, God, for making my father David king before me, and thank you for making me king following my father, even though I am but a lad and do not know my way in and out of doors. This is a large and very challenging group of people to govern, and so I ask for one thing: wisdom. Some translations say a discerning mind,

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