“Our God doesn’t teach us how to climb high, but how to bow low.” – Casey Page Culbreth As a kid, I always had this feeling that I was different from everyone else. I wasn’t terribly athletic. I like sports, but I never felt like I had the right mix[…]
Joseph’s Song
Joseph Have you ever been asked to do something that you really didn’t want to do? It’s kind of an awkward place to be, isn’t it? I remember when I was in elementary school being asked to sing a song for a politician traveling in our city. They wanted a[…]
Mary – the Journey
Do you know any truly remarkable people? I’m sure there’s someone that pops into your head. Are they famous? Are they rich or fantastically good-looking? Are they loaded and have every possible bell and whistle that could be? I think that this is our culture’s definition of remarkable. These are[…]
The Sun is shining
It’s been raining a lot recently! One of our local news stations reported that Louisville hit a new daily, monthly, and annual rain record this week. That’s a lot of rain! Now, I’m okay with a good rain. There’s something somewhat cathartic in a soaking downpour. However, there’s also something[…]
Grinch-mas
I love Christmas time. I didn’t always love it. As a pastor, the Advent season turns ones schedule into a chaotic blur of movements and scheduling conflicts. It’s always been a difficult time in terms of balancing the busyness of the season with what it’s really supposed to be about.[…]
Epiphany – it means a striking appearrance
Christmas is over. Well, if you go to any shopping center you’ll be convinced that its over! I was at Target today and saw both Valentines and St. Patricks Day items! A week ago the Christmas section was full and bustling and now it has 75% off signs all over![…]
Merry making this Christmas
Grace, Peace and Merry Christmas! I know it’s early for our weekly “Thoughts from Antioch” Blog, but I’m sure many of us will be running a little crazy the rest of this week. So, instead of a Thursday blog post from my favorite coffee shop, I’m sending a Tuesday post[…]
Winter Wonderland
I’m sitting at my favorite coffee shop enjoying a cup of coffee and appreciating the invention of central heat. A minute ago, Bing Crosby was singing Winter Wonderland, which I had to laugh at. Here in Louisville, I’m looking out at snow and about 1/2 an inch of solid ice[…]
Conspire Fully!
Grace, Peace and the warmest of blessings to you on this very cold Wednesday morning! I hope you can find a great cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate to enjoy, wherever you are! I downloaded an album the other day that, to be honest, I didn’t quite know if[…]
A Christmas His-story
Christmas is one day. We, in the western part of human civilization, celebrate this day on December the 25th. We call the time period from Thanksgiving (for us Americans) until December the 25th, theChristmas season. If we’re really generous we’ll include the week following Christmas but we’ll call it something[…]