Rev. Bobby Musengwa

Rev. Bobby Musengwa Transitional General Presbyter Imagining Caesarea Philippi of imperial Rome A Weekly Reflection for Mission Presbytery | Matthew 16:13-20 Two thousand years ago, Jesus was in Caesarea Philippi and stood in front of a significant religious cave and a magnificent imperial marble temple (Augusteum), and asked his disciples one question that still reverberates today. "Who do you say that I am?" That question is not small talk. It is the most important question any of our...

Rev. Bobby Musengwa Transitional General Presbyter Limbourg brothers, fifteen century Dutch painters A Canaanite woman is screaming at Jesus. His own disciples want her gone. They feel embarrassed by her screams to Jesus. And for one uncomfortable line, it sounds like Jesus might agree with them. Stop right there. Ask yourself a question: why does Matthew call her "Canaanite"? That word was old even in Jesus' day. The Canaanites were Israel's ancient enemies, the people God supposedly...

Rev. Bobby Musengwa Transitional General Presbyter I was on an airplane not long ago that hit horrific turbulence. At one point, it felt like we were really going to crash. I mean really crash. It took me straight back to 2016, flying home from the 222nd General Assembly in Portland, Oregon. That plane was full of Presbyterians. We were GA Commissioners and observers, still worn out from a week of debate and decisions. We were headed to Las Vegas, where I would connect to Tampa Bay. And...