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Manny Santiago's Weekly Reflection Here Wed, 16 May 2012 23:21:45 GMT en-us Copyright 2012 University Baptist Church Seattle http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/witnessing-to-the-good-news/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/witnessing-to-the-good-news/ Wed, 16 May 2012 23:21:44 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Acts 1.8 (Common English Bible)   [Jesus said] “…you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/who-is-your-friend/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/who-is-your-friend/ Thu, 10 May 2012 00:07:25 GMT Scripture reading for the week – John 15.15b (Common English Bible) “I call you friends…” Reflection             What does it mean to be “friends” ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/gods-radical-welcome/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/gods-radical-welcome/ Wed, 02 May 2012 20:57:12 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Acts 8.34-36 (Common English Bible) The Ethiopian asked Philip, “Tell me, about whom does the prophet say this? Is he talking about himself or someone else?”Starting with that passage, Philip ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/in-the-dark/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/in-the-dark/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:00:48 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Psalm 23.4a (Common English Bible)   Even when I walk through the darkest valley,     I fear no danger because you are with me.   Reflection   &nbs... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/searching-for-god/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/searching-for-god/ Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:37:36 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Psalm 4.1 (Common English Bible)   Answer me when I cry out, my righteous God!     Set me free from my troubles!         Have mercy on ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/life-after-resurrection/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/life-after-resurrection/ Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:05:57 GMT Scripture reading for the week – 1 John 1.1 (Common English Bible)   We announce to you what existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have seen and our hands handled, about the ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/easter-courage/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/easter-courage/ Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:31:47 GMT Scripture reading for the week – John 20.18 (Common English Bible) Mary Magdalene left and announced to the disciples, “I’ve seen the Lord.” Reflection        &... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/a-palm-sunday-reflection/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/a-palm-sunday-reflection/ Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:59:14 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Mark 11.8-9 (Common English Bible) Many people spread out their clothes on the road while others spread branches cut from the fields. Those in front of him and those following were shouting, ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/it-is-time-to-let-it-go/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/it-is-time-to-let-it-go/ Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:21:13 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Jeremiah 31.31 (Common English Bible)   The time is coming, declares God, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.   Reflection   &nbsp... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/we-all-need-to-be-a-little-foolish/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/we-all-need-to-be-a-little-foolish/ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:25:01 GMT Scripture reading for the week – John 3.17 (The Message)   “God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Child merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. [Jesus] came to help, to put the world ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/immersing-ourselves-in-god/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/immersing-ourselves-in-god/ Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:37:18 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Genesis 17.1a-2 (Common English Bible)   “Walk with me and be trustworthy. I will make a covenant between us and I will give you many, many descendants.”   Reflec... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/the-time-is-fulfilled/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/the-time-is-fulfilled/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:18:11 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Mark 1.14b-15 (Common English Bible) Jesus came into Galilee announcing God’s good news, saying, “Now is the time! Here comes God’s kingdom! Change your hearts and lives, and trust this ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/open-our-eyes/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/open-our-eyes/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:57:35 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Mark 10.47-48 (NRSV) When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/whose-side-is-god-on/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/whose-side-is-god-on/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:36:48 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Isaiah 40.29 (NRSV) “God gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless.” Reflection              “God is on the ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/service-and-identity/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/service-and-identity/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:21:36 GMT Scripture reading for the week – 1 Corinthians 8.12-13 (NRSV) “But when you thus sin against members of your family, and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/when-god-changed-gods-mind/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/when-god-changed-gods-mind/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:00:17 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Jonah 3.10a (KJV) “And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil…”   Reflection Jonah’s story is well-known. God summons Jonah ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/come-see/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/come-see/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:53:43 GMT Scripture reading for the week – John 1.46 (NRSV)   “Nathanael said to him, ‘Can anything good come out of Nazareth?’ Philip said to him, ‘Come and see.’”   Reflection &n... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/god-has-come-to-dwell-among-us/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/god-has-come-to-dwell-among-us/ Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:12:24 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Hebrew 2.16 (NRSV) “For it is clear that [Jesus] did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham & Sarah.” Reflection       &nb... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/the-true-meaning-of-the-season/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/the-true-meaning-of-the-season/ Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:36:07 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Isaiah 9.2 (NRSV) “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness— on them light has shined.” Reflection  &... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/in-the-journey-with-mary-of-nazareth/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/in-the-journey-with-mary-of-nazareth/ Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:39:31 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Luke 1.30 (The Inclusive Bible)   “The angel went on to say to her, ‘Don’t be afraid, Mary. You have found favor with God.’”   Reflection &nbs... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/the-church-has-the-spirit-of-god/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/the-church-has-the-spirit-of-god/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:39:09 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Isaiah 61.1a (The Inclusive Bible) “The Spirit of the Exalted God is upon me…”   Reflection             The season of ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/preparing-the-way/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/preparing-the-way/ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:19:56 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Isaiah 40.3-5 (NRSV) “A voice cries out: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/be-alert/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/be-alert/ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:13:59 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Mark 13.33 “Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come.” Reflection              The text from Mark that is ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/the-dream-of-god/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/the-dream-of-god/ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:40:23 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Matthew 25.40 (NRSV) “And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’&... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/for-all-the-saints/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/for-all-the-saints/ Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:05:42 GMT Scripture reading for the week – 1 Thessalonians 4.13 (CEV) “My friends, we want you to understand how it will be for those followers who have already died. Then you won't grieve over them and be like people who don't have any ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/a-new-way-of-looking-at-prophets/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/a-new-way-of-looking-at-prophets/ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:22:39 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Micah 3.8 (NRSV)   “But as for me, I am filled with power, with the spirit of God, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.&rdq... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/transformation-through-missions/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/transformation-through-missions/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:15:23 GMT Scripture reading for the week – 1 Thessalonians 1.2-3 (The Message)   “Every time we think of you, we thank God for you. Day and night you're in our prayers as we call to mind your work of faith, your labor of love, and your ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/how-to-proclaim/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/how-to-proclaim/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:09:35 GMT “Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.”   Reflection                As our church continues to reflect on ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/live-the-word-proclaim-the-word-be-transformed/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/live-the-word-proclaim-the-word-be-transformed/ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:06:05 GMT “Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom.” Reflection October is traditionally the month in which the larger American Baptist family ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/reflection-by/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/reflection-by/ Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:02:50 GMT Exodus 17:1-7 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the God commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with Moses, and said, ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/our-journeys/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/our-journeys/ Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:32:08 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Exodus 16.2-3 (The Message)   “The whole company of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron there in the wilderness. The Israelites said, ‘Why didn't God let us die in ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/true-meaning-of-revelation/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/true-meaning-of-revelation/ Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:38:17 GMT   Scripture reading for the week – Revelation 21.3 (NRSV, edited)   “See, the home of God is among mortals. God will dwell with them; they will be God’s peoples, and God-self will be ... http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/how-to-reclaim-our-christian-identity/ http://ubcseattle.org/pastors-blog/how-to-reclaim-our-christian-identity/ Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:46:10 GMT Scripture reading for the week – Matthew 18.20 (NRSV)   “For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”   Reflection          ...