by Ann Drake | Feb 28, 2019 | Pantry Musings
I have been considering the words “gift of grace.” Paul tells us that it is God’s gift of grace that accomplishes our salvation. I wonder what that gift of grace means. Does the gift freely given have any expectations? When I was a child, I went to the...
by Ann Drake | Feb 19, 2019 | Pantry Musings
I am not a fan of Paul’s ethics as applied to specific instances, and as I listen to people who complain about Paul, this is where most of them seem to have their difficulty. However, let us examine them closer, as peoples’ misunderstandings have to do with the...
by Ann Drake | Feb 12, 2019 | Pantry Musings
We are a people of migration. Our story is one of migrants. God is with us in our movements from place to place. God’s promises are linked to the outcome of migration. If you have forgotten or were not aware that these population movements had something to do with...
by Ann Drake | Feb 5, 2019 | Pantry Musings
Paul, author of several letters to churches that he started and shepherd as their pastor, has been arrested and is being transported to Rome where he will be tried on charges brought by the priests in Jerusalem for his beliefs and his ministry. Because he is a Roman...
