Genesis 29:1-15 (MSG) South Presbyterian Church’s Fellowship of Faith February 18, 1018 The Reverend Deborah Fae Swift  Genesis 29:1-15 (MSG) Jacob set out again on his way to the people of the east. He noticed a well out in an open field with three flocks of sheep bedded down around it. This was the common well from which the flocks were watered. The stone over the mouth of the well was huge. When all the flocks were gathered, the shepherds would roll the stone from the well and water the sheep; then they would return the stone, covering the well. Jacob said, … Continue reading “Now, More than Ever”

2 Kings 2:1,7-14 and Mark 9:1-10 (MSG) South Presbyterian Church’s Fellowship of Faith February 11, 1018 The Reverend Deborah Fae Swift  2 Kings 2:1,7-14  (MSG)  Just before God took Elijah to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on a walk out of Gilgal. … Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here. God has sent me on an errand to the Jordan.” Elisha said, “Not on your life! I’m not letting you out of my sight!” And so the two of them went their way together. Meanwhile, fifty men from the guild of prophets gathered some distance away while the two of them … Continue reading “Seeing is Believing? OR Believing is Seeing?”

1 Cor. 12:1-11 (MSG) South Presbyterian Church’s Fellowship of Faith February 4, 1018 The Reverend Deborah Fae Swift 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 (MSG) What I want to talk about now is the various ways God’s Spirit gets worked into our lives. This is complex and often misunderstood, but I want you to be informed and knowledgeable. Remember how you were when you didn’t know God, led from one phony god to another, never knowing what you were doing, just doing it because everybody else did it? It’s different in this life. God wants us to use our intelligence, to seek to … Continue reading “Body Image”