“The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions. One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in usual place. The lamp of God had not[…]
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[…]
Happy Thanksgiving 2011
I received a great gift last evening. I went down to our sister church, Fourth Avenue United Methodist, to serve at our annual joint Thanksgiving Celebration. Both churches bring members and we joined by the men and women of the Healing Place. The Healing Place is an outreach ministry here[…]
Rounded Edges
When I was a growing up, my family would take these epic 2-3 week long family vacations to upstate New York. This was my gramma’s home town area and for 3 days as we drove up from Florida, we’d think of all the family we would see and all the[…]
Being wet…
I read this quote this week: “help me to receive again my baptism, to live wet every day of my life, as a child of your covenant, set apart, scrubbed clean, & forgiven.” I’ve been thinking a lot about the journey of faith and this thing we call “Christianity”. According[…]
More from Lennon…
The last couple days have been a blessing and a stretch. I left Monday morning for a 2 day residency retreat in Leitchfield KY at the UMC Camp (LOUCON). If you have been around me at all the last several weeks, you know that this was not something I was[…]
Imagine
Last week, I was thinking about dreams and this week, I guess, I’m still thinking about them. On my way to the coffee shop this morning I heard John Lennon’s song Imagine. That one song started me in a playlist of some pretty ultimate songs. So far this morning, I’ve[…]
Dreams…
I know someone who dreams in technicolor! No, it’s more like 3D, Dolby-Digital, enhanced, Blu-ray, awesome vision. This person dreams such vivid and real dreams that I regularly find myself overwhelmed by the next morning recounts. I’m overwhelmed because I feel like I’m getting cheated by only hearing about it[…]
Poster Resurrection
When I was growing up, my dad and I were regular attenders at University of Florida football games. We were so devoted that we would go up during the spring training games and generally at other off season times just to get our Gator fix. We’d walk around the stadium[…]
A picture worth living for…
I taught confirmation last evening and brought along a photo from our wedding day. Now, we were married almost 13 years ago, so somethings have changed in that photo. The biggest change is actually my hair! I totally had the “Chandler Bing” from Friends style to my now infamous spikey[…]