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    Meditation on Luke 9:28-36 Transfiguration Sunday March 3, 2019 The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, OH       28 Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 29 And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. 30 Suddenly theyContinue reading “God: This is My Son”

Meditation on Luke 6:27–38 The Presbyterian Church of Coshocton Feb. 24, 2019      27 ‘But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.29If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away yourContinue reading “Courage to Love”

Meditation on Luke 6:12-26 The Presbyterian Church of Coshocton Feb. 17, 2019        12 Now it happened in those days that he went onto the mountain to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. 13 When day came, he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostles’:Continue reading “Blessed Are You!”

Meditation on Luke 5:1-11 Feb. 10, 2019 The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, OH   “5 Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, 2 he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washingContinue reading “If you say so…”

(1929-2019) The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton The Reverend  Karen Crawford Feb. 9, 2019 28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. 29 He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. 30 Even youths will faint and be weary,Continue reading “Meditation for Funeral of Charles Helt”

Meditation on Luke 4:21-30 The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, OH Feb. 3, 2019        21Then he began to say to them, ‘Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.’ 22All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, ‘Is not this Joseph’s son?’23He said to them,Continue reading “Gracious Words”

  May 29, 1916-January 21, 2019 The Presbyterian Church of Coshocton, OH Feb. 2, 2019   ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And ifContinue reading “Meditation for Funeral of Elva Margaret Sauer”

  Meditation on 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton Jan. 27, 2019   “For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks,Continue reading “Keeping the Body Healthy”

  Meditation on John 2:1-11 Jan. 20, 2019 Coshocton Presbyterian Church           “On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have noContinue reading “Believe and Live Abundantly!”

  Meditation on Luke 21:25-36 The Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, OH Dec. 2, 2018             25 “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. 26 People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon theContinue reading “He is Coming in a Cloud!”