December 21, 2017
by Dr. R. Scott
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The Christmas we want is often idealized from our childhood. I want snow. (I’m not going to get snow in Los Angeles, but I want it.) I want kindness and tenderness, and I want everyone I know, including family and … Continue reading
December 20, 2017
by Dr. R. Scott
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To contemplate the Christ child is an act of simplicity. It is a pause. A break. A breath. To contemplate the birth of this child, recognizing again that God cracked open the world through is simple birth, is an act … Continue reading
December 18, 2017
by Dr. R. Scott
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And so I put aside for a few days my big dreams, my large plans that this Christmas will be better than ever. Instead, it’s a little Christmas I want this year. Like this Renaissance painting that hangs in a gallery at … Continue reading
December 5, 2017
by Dr. R. Scott
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This coming Sunday my sermon is titled “The Art of Christmas: Comfort in the City of Angels” I plan to explore the meaning of comfort — partly an experience that makes us feel better and partly an experience of finding … Continue reading
September 5, 2017
by Dr. R. Scott
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September 10, 2017 . . . a Fall Kick-Off Sunday at First Church. A celebration of First Church and Pilgrim School. An introduction of a new Head of School at Pilgrim . . . Paul Barsky. A new Director of … Continue reading
September 1, 2017
by Dr. R. Scott
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O Texas . . . O Texas . . . O God . . . The world has been watching you – watching over you – for several days now and the heartbreak we are feeling is enormous. Floods happen. … Continue reading
June 14, 2017
by Dr. R. Scott
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I am sick and tired of gun violence in our society. I don’t have an answer. I don’t have a solution. But I am sick and tired of it. Congressional Representatives should be safe. And so should children in Chicago … Continue reading
June 9, 2017
by Dr. R. Scott
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God is not a satellite up in the sky orbiting our humanity. God is our capacity for thought and feeling. God is how we see life, live life, embrace life. God is an inner presence. This is why the closer … Continue reading
June 1, 2017
by Dr. R. Scott
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Putting politics aside, and I really mean that, I offer a couple of thoughts for your Thursday evening . . . Climate change is THE moral issue of our time. If the planet doesn’t survive, no other moral issue matters. … Continue reading
May 15, 2017
by Dr. R. Scott
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I am in a house in a beautiful forest in the Midwest. The trees are swaying in the breeze. Dancing in the air. I am in the house with my mother. She is happy. I am happy. We had stopped … Continue reading