April 9, 2017 Peg Weissbrod
April 2, 2017 Peg Weissbrod
One day when our son, Tim, was in fifth grade he engaged my husband, Rich, in a combination wrestling and tickling match. Unfortunately, at one point Tim took a misstep and fell backwards with his arm twisted behind him, and suffered a hairline fracture. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Ezekiel 37March 26, 2017 Peg Weissbrod
This is one of my favorite passages in all of scripture. Before reality TV and “The Bachelor” (or Bachelorette), God hands the rose to David! Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 1 Samuel 16, anointing, David, grief, hope, love, moving on, outward appearances, Saul, The Bachelorette, the chosen one, trustMarch 19, 2017 Peg Weissbrod
Two weeks ago, Ron Schmidt gave a Minute for Mission about caring and told a story about softball team members who carried a player from the opposing team who had just hit the game winning home run, but had injured her leg and couldn’t touch all the bases. Apparently if they had just left her in the dust their team would have won. But placing care and compassion above victory they showed themselves to be leaders; they showed themselves to be individuals that I want to trust. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: call, caring, commitment, faith-based organizing, Frederick Buechner, hunger, John 4: 7-42, John 4:7, leadership, motivation, nominating committee, ordination, risk, vocation, woman at the wellMarch 12, 2017 Peg Weissbrod
March 5, 2017 Peg Weissbrod
About a month ago my old “mom van”—you know, the type of van that schleps kids and equipment and furniture and all sorts of other stuff — became too dangerous to drive and our mechanic urged us to look for another car without delay. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 19, 2017 Peg Weissbrod
A older gentleman told his neighbor: “I got this great new hearing aid. It cost me $5,000. It is state of the art. It is perfect!”
“What kind is it?” The neighbor said.
“It’s 11:45.”
Nothing is perfect (including that joke and my telling of it. ) Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »February 12, 2017 Peg Weissbrod
When I was in training to be a yoga teacher, one of my favorite instructors, a medical doctor from Australia, used to tell us the story of “the wall of milk.” On his first visit to the U.S. he went to a grocery store here in Cleveland Heights to buy some milk for his hostess. He was completely unprepared for the vast numbers of refrigerators that lined the wall. They were full of regular milk, 1% milk, 2% milk, skim milk, lactose free milk. And don’t forget all the non-dairy milks –almond milk, hemp milk, rice milk, coconut milk and soy milk, all coming in a variety of flavors. He found it so overwhelming that he staggered out of the store with no milk in hand. There were just too many choices. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: beloved, Choose Life, Deuteronomy 30, relationships, suffering, wildernessFebruary 5, 2017 Peg Weissbrod
One of the most profound blessings of being a pastor is that I have gotten to learn some of your backstories. That is the blessing of Christian community – we step out of the shadows and share our lives. We work together, and pray together, and serve together, and laugh together and cry together – we are illumined by the light of one another and we walk into the light of God’s kingdom; in short we “let our light shine!” Read the rest of this entry »
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