salvaged faith
tr.v. sal-vaged 1) to save from loss or destruction; 2) to save discarded or damaged material for future use. Welcome to the blog of Katie Z. Dawson – United Methodist pastor and Coordinator for Imagine No Malaria in Iowa
Tag Archives: Kingdom of God
Breaking down walls through humility
In the midwest, and especially in rural, german, blue-collar Iowa, pride is a big thing. We refuse to talk about our problems. We are quick to help others, but hesitate to accept help from others. We serve those who are less fortunate, and are not willing to speak of our own brokenness. And that is a problem.
Loving Your Neighbor…Now
(Community Worship in the Park) It is so beautiful out, and all of you look so wonderful gathered here in community. Although it takes some work to get this service … Continue reading
How Should We Love?
Last week, we talked about a little place on the southwest side of Jerusalem… does anyone remember what that ugly and awful place was called? Ghenna! Ghenna is a trash … Continue reading
Salt and Light
This morning, we seem an awfully long ways from the Kingdom of God. Yesterday – eight years to the day since we sent forces to Iraq, we began bombing in … Continue reading
Come Out the Wilderness
As we started this journey of Lent yesterday with Matthew, we entered the place of wilderness and watched as Jesus wrestled verbally with the devil. It was a rich dialogue … Continue reading
Joy… for the tough times
This morning in worship we focused on John the Baptist’s question to Jesus: How do I know that you are the one? Are you him? photo by: Mattox Jesus listed … Continue reading
The Prodigal Steward
This morning’s parable from the gospel of Luke is one of the toughest pieces of scripture in the whole Bible. Preachers all over the country groan when this passage comes … Continue reading
Are Ye Able?
I have just two simple questions for us to wrestle with this morning… First – what do you want? And second – are you willing to do what it takes … Continue reading
Peace without Surrender
I was driving around this afternoon and caught a segment from BBC World News on the radio. It was a story about how the peace talks between Israel and Palestine … Continue reading
The Gift of Self-Control
Story about sun exposure – how it takes effort and paying attention to keep yourself safe. If you aren’t focusing on the task at hand… at the goal – you … Continue reading
