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[…]
I’m not a political person..
I’m not a political person. It’s true. In fact, I’d say that in recent years I’ve become more and more disenfranchised by the idea of politics in general. Growing up in central Florida we were part of a group that was political. It was almost as engaging as sunday morning[…]
Infection
I was at a meeting this week with several other clergy and lay members of our conference. We were talking about the church in general, but specifically about how the church is engaging in younger generations. It was a really great conversation, but as we talked someone brought about the[…]
Taking a risk
This past week has been a blur! I’ve been coming and going and running and trying to sleep when I get a chance. I’m usually busy, but this this week has been on overdrive. Even today, Thursday, my favorite day of the week, I’m finding my schedule overloaded. I’m currently[…]
the end of Acts???
The last 6 weeks have been a whirlwind! I didn’t even realize that they had passed so quickly until my boys brought home their first report cards! Wow! Life in general the last 6 weeks has flown by, yet if you’ve been following this blog, the last 6 weeks have[…]
Acts – a blessing that turned my anger
Monday night I had a really angry dream. Afterwards, I woke up angry and a general feeling of grumpiness just kind of stuck with me. I was running on the treadmill and each step was an anger inducing motion. I thought it would go away after the 3rd mile, but[…]
Acts – a thessalonian man
Acts 17 is one of my favorite passages in scripture. If you’re not careful you can overlook it pretty quickly. Paul and Silas are in the town of Thessalonica and for 3 straight sabbaths they’ve met in the synagogue “explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to[…]