No big deal, right? I am not going to bother the trustees with this simple task - I have enough handyman experience from being raised by an engineer straight out of the Inspector Gadget mold that I know how to hang some blinds…
Read MoreWe need people to whom we have given permission to 'proofread' our lives not only for our sake but the sake of others.
Read MoreWould we want Jesus to hold us to the highest and strictest standards to which we hold others with whom we virulently disagree? This is not to say there is…
Read MoreMy Alexa challenge has gotten me thinking a little about our Christian faith in that it is essential for us to engage in the continual life of being a disciple of Jesus….
Read MoreAs Chuck and I visited on the way back to the church, I realized there was something deeply profound in our journey, something that I believe gets more than a few of us in trouble with our Lord and our church. I wonder how much of the Christian faith and life in the church we miss because we are not looking to encounter…
Read MoreWhile well-intentioned, I do believe that one of the more unintended consequences of the printing press and all offspring of the same over the last 500 or so years…
Read MoreAs our world looks today at the 50th anniversary of Michael Collins', Buzz Aldrin's, and Neil Armstrong's journey to the moon, my mind keeps going to what is it that we might glean from this experience to influence our journey of life and fait …
Read MoreLet us never forget that the Lord's table, by its very existence, is a beacon that welcomes us all into…
Read MoreThis whole idea of moving also got me to thinking about what is it that we are missing with respect to our faith when we do not take…
Read MoreWhat is it to which you have so desperately clung for so many years that needs to be set free in order to…
Read More[They] both point to the presence of the same thing that works to destroy so much that is good in our lives. They point to the corrosive nature of…
Read MoreIf I’m not someone who can change and adapt, what hope do I have of embracing the reality of…
Read MoreAs much as we like to tell ourselves and our children that, “The church is not a steeple…” (which is ABSOLUTELY true), I would make the case that if your heart did not…
Read MoreAfter all, who could have imagined that leaving your toddler alone with an iPad would result it in being locked for 49 years?
Read MoreReading about this incident brought to mind a reminder of our calling as Christians to be open to the reality we worship a God who…
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