By. Reverend Donn Brammer I am going to share with you 4 words with short definitions, and 1 opportunity. Pity. Pity is when we recognize another person is suffering. Sympathy. Sympathy is when we care about another person’s suffering. Empathy. Empathy is when we feel another person’s suffering. Compassion. Compassion is when we want to… Read More »
2019- We’ve got this, because we’ve got God
By Reverend Donn As we face a New Year I want to remind us of a story in the Bible (Numbers 13) when the Israelite’s came to the Promised Land. You may recall that God had delivered the Israelite’s out of slavery and out of the land of Egypt. But even though God had provided… Read More »
A Scandalous Christmas Story
By Rev. Donn Brammer For the most part the nativity story the church tells is all mixed up. We combine the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke with various legends and traditions and try to homogenize it into one simple sanitized version of God calling people to action. The way the church tells… Read More »
Fear Leads To Anger, Anger to Hate.. and Hate To Suffering
By Rev. Donn Brammer A school, a church, a workplace, the latest is a synagogue but there are shootings and killings and heartbreak with each and every tragedy. I would like to think that something could be done to stop and prevent these events but I’m pretty sure even if a solution did present itself,… Read More »
I Might Not Be The Best Judge
By: Reverend Donn Brammer There’s been a lot of talk (which will probably be resolved by the time you read this) about judges, in particular Supreme Court Justices. I have to say I’m a bit disappointed that I’ve never been asked. So I’ve never gone to Law School, so I’ve never taken a Bar exam,… Read More »
” If Pickles Can Glow…
Rev. Donn Brammer I am very blessed on occasion to take walks with our son. The walks take about an hour and the conversation is usually about chemistry, bio-chemistry, physics, and differential equations which means that not only do I have a hard time keeping up with him on the walk, I have a… Read More »
It’s a Thirsty World
By Reverend Donn The book of Genesis chapter 24 tells the story of Rebekah. You may recall that Abraham’s servant has arrived in the town of Nahor. He’s looking for a wife for Isaac and he has offered a prayer to God to find the right person. He sees Rebekah coming with a jar of… Read More »
Our Hope is in God
By Reverend Donn : Most of us are familiar with the passage from Isaiah (40:31): “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be wary, they shall walk and not faint.” It is a passage filled with hope, and… Read More »
I follow Jesus,I’m popular…Right?
By Rev. Donn Brammer If you go to the National Cathedral in Washington DC you will notice that there are flags inside the cathedral from each state, that represent significant people from those states. When I was last there I remember 3 flags from Georgia. One was for Woodrow Wilson; you might remember he was… Read More »
Our Lenten Journey
By Rev. Donn Brammer As we continue on our Lenten journey we are reminded that this is a season of reflection of discipleship and how it applies in our own daily living; a season reminding us that the gift of repentance is that by confessing and repenting of our sin we not only unburden ourselves… Read More »
