forest hill Musings -- weekly reflections on Scripture
Musings -- weekly reflections on Scripture
I began writing these short essays for our weekly e-newsletter. They served two purposes: First, they gave me an initial run at the Scripture that I would be preaching on -- an opportunity to start thinking about the spiritual and life questions that the sermon might address. Second, they serve as advertising; an invitation to folks to join us on Sunday morning and see how my thinking has developed between the first take on my questions and the final sermon that gets delivered.
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Rev. Stephen Fetter
December 29, 2024
First Sunday after Christmas Day
“Miracle on 10th Street”
by Rev. Stephen Fetter
Sometimes the important truths of life come to us in stories, rather than in didactic prose or moralisms. It's not for nothing that Jesus taught in stories, and left us with narratives to unravel and wrestle with. His stories give us a way of imagining a transformed world, and inspire us to roll up our sleeves and help bring our imaginings to reality.
December 22, 2024
Advent 4
“Of the Father’s Love Begotten”
by Rev. Stephen Fetter
There is something sacred about a birth. For those of us privileged to have been present – either as a mother or as a participant in the labour and the anxiety and the flurry and the waiting and the exhaustion and the relief at the borning cry – it is as much a spiritual moment as one grounded in this Earth. All ordinariness gets set aside in those hours, and the wonder of a new life emerging takes over. Surely God is in this place. It is a glimpse of Eternity, and a connection to the One who has created things “good” since the very beginning of time, and has done it yet again in our presence.