Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Oct 12, 2009, 8:11 am
In Matt 16:13-20, Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” There followed a series of answers – John the Baptist, Elijah, Jeremiah or any number of other pr...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Oct 3, 2009, 7:23 am
In order to be faithful to the gospel of Christ, we must have boundaries, right? There are things that are normal and proper – limits to what we do and believe. And yet to be faithful to the gospel,...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Sep 29, 2009, 7:47 am
Readings: 1 Thess 2 & Matt 22:34-46. In the first century Roman world, status was critical. By someone’s place in the social order, he or she would be allocated value or worth. The emperor stood at...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Sep 27, 2009, 6:26 am
Jonah 3:10 – 4:11  &  Matthew 20:1-16 We hear two parables in today’s readings. The last one is the Parable of laborers in the Vineyard from the Gospel of Matthew. The first was the Parable of t...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Sep 19, 2009, 5:43 am
Health Care: A Lesbian Mother’s Sudden Passion for Reform By Elizabeth G. Hines, Women’s Media Center September 9, 2009 They say parenthood changes you in ways you’d never expect. As a g...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Sep 18, 2009, 5:33 am
Reading: Luke 13:1-9. “If the fig tree bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.” Well, that could generate a little stress for the fig tree, couldn’t it? It really ...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Sep 17, 2009, 6:37 am
Whether you believe in Creation as a 6-day or an evolving process, we generally seem to have no doubt we, as humans, were the ultimate goal in God’s Creation. In either case we have assumed dominion...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Sep 16, 2009, 6:42 am
Around the world there are myriad variations of the churches that fit under the general banner of Reformed. The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) alone boasts membership of 215 denominations ...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Sep 14, 2009, 7:43 am
The Concept of Jesus as a Model of Radical Political Action with Reference to the Theology of Jon Sobrino. In his 1972 book The Politics of Jesus, John Howard Yoder developed the biblical evidence whi...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Sep 13, 2009, 7:53 pm
“Women’s leadership and contributions to early Christianity can only become historically visible when we abandon our outdated patriarchal-androcentric model of early Christian beginnings.” ...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Aug 30, 2009, 9:04 am
In 2004, while studying at Cambridge, I had the privilege of leading the Community Day worship hosted by my college. This was part of the curriculum for the sermon class, and I was just lucky enough t...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Aug 25, 2009, 7:32 pm
The adherents of Christian religions include upwards of 2 billion people – almost one-third of the world’s population, according to David Barrett, an Evangelical Christian who is the compiler of r...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Aug 25, 2009, 7:20 pm
Special Service Recognizing Women’s Right to Vote  Service of Word and Sacrament                                                          �...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Aug 19, 2009, 1:16 pm
In this chapter of the Gospel of Matthew I hear Jesus saying to the disciples, “So, you want to be a follower of Christ?” The chapter begins with Jesus giving the disciples’ ministry and mission...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Aug 18, 2009, 1:58 pm
Read the passage here. Being a numbers geek, I am always tempted to craft an artful sermon about the significance of forty – you know, going over the theological, cultural and political significance...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Aug 13, 2009, 10:18 pm
I have known conservatives and liberals both who wore their theology as a cloak of colors – a piece of finery aimed at showing just how special they are. Each have doctrines that are honorable i...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Aug 10, 2009, 1:52 am
It is, at least to me, moot whether the Scripture’s description of Creation is literal, or a metaphorical story to illustrate the process undertaken by God to form our universe and all in it. The ar...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Aug 9, 2009, 7:27 pm
One of my former ministers once told me that if I ever get a chance to preach on the Ten Commandments – don’t. He told me that whenever he had preached about them in the past, someone got very ups...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Aug 7, 2009, 5:20 am
The first part of the Micah reading is the alternate lectionary OT reading for the Sunday after All Saints Day. The second part from Micah I included to remind us of the prophets consistent theme. Rar...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Jul 31, 2009, 8:59 am
When doing exegesis, I do not rely on one translation exclusively, because each have taken certain liberties in syntax or word choice, and even added the occasional word where it did not exist in the ...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on Ministry From Two Poles - Jul 19, 2009, 5:43 am
It is unlike church hierarchies today to risk alienating anyone, especially large numbers of people, and to risk the secession of member churches and expulsion from a world-wide organization that gi...
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Rev Andy Little posted an article on ALL MEANS ALL - Jul 14, 2009, 10:50 am
This is a repost. Any group of people, whether it is a club, company, church, synagogue, association or other entity, is a body or system. While very few of the people involved may relish conflict, it...
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