Rev. Bobby Musengwa

Rev. Bobby Musengwa Transitional General Presbyter Feeding of the Multitude An old psalm asks a doubting question: "Can God spread a table in the wilderness?" (Psalm 78:19) The Israelites asked it in the desert, grumbling and afraid, wondering if God had led them out of Egypt just to let them starve. Centuries later, on a Galilean hillside, thousands of hungry people got their answer. It was yes. A Crowd Carrying Grief Matthew places this miracle right after gut-wrenching news. Herod has...

Rev. Bobby Musengwa Transitional General Presbyter Three hundred and seventy days. That is how much time passed between the two floods. Two "1,000-year" rain events. In the same Hill Country. Fourteen months apart. This time Uvalde and several other communities were hit hard as well. If that number stops you in your tracks, good. It should. Because it means what happened to us this July was not a fluke. It was a second wave, hitting homes and hearts that had barely started to heal. Two...

Rev. Bobby Musengwa Transitional General Presbyter Have you ever wanted to rip a weed out of your garden right now, no matter what else got pulled up with it? That is the itch Jesus is naming in this parable. Matthew tells us Jesus was still sitting in a boat, teaching the crowds gathered on the shore. He had already told them the parable of the sower. Now he tells them another one, about a farmer, an enemy, and a field full of both wheat and weeds. Most congregations know that itch well....