I’m going to tell an embarrassing story. I’m sure my sister will not be pleased with this story but I actually feel the embarrassment is on me not her. Growing up my family had a pool. Most folks not from Florida ask me all the time if we grew up[…]
a really big bandaid, brokenness
My sons love bandaids! If they pinch their fingers or fall down and have even the slightest scratch, there is only one fix! A Bandaid is always needed to make the tears go away. I’ve seen them walk up with the smallest amount of red showing on their little cut[…]
Singing…it’s a bit goofy
We Christians are kind of a goofy bunch of people. I was thinking about it the other day and where, other than church, do you get together with a bunch of other people and sing in unison? Maybe during the National Anthem or the 7th inning stretch? You might sing[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Watching for Hope,
Happy Thanksgiving! On the 25th, we will once again take time to have our annual meal of thanks. Turkey, Sweet Potato Casserole, Green Beans, Cranberry sauce, gravy, pies and a whole lot of other foods that we will consume and then head to the couch for football and turkey induced[…]
Rainy Day Mercy
It’s rainy today here in Louisville. Don’t get me wrong, I know we need the rain and at times I even enjoy a good rainy day, but today I’m wishing it was sunny. I realized several years ago that I’m one of those solar-powered individuals. I need to see the[…]
Merciful Heavens
Last week we started a new series called Miserable Mercy. On Sunday night we shared that Mercy is a gift of relationship. You can’t give mercy until you receive mercy – without receiving mercy we may give compassion or leniency but it’s not truly mercy. We said that mercy was[…]