Heading back home after a week in Florida, we made an overnight stop in Nashville. The weather was beautiful this morning, so after a short run along the river, I grabbed my Bible and a cup of coffee to go...
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Accountability or Judgment?
Our World Vision children: Mkhuleko, Mhlonipheni, and Nolikhwa I’m not aware of anything against me, but that doesn’t make me innocent, because the Lord is the one who judges me. – 1 Corinthians 4:4 (CEB) In 2012, I preached...
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Consider the Lilies of the Field
This week does not seem as daunting as last week. Consistent with Jen, we have excluded foundational items and pajamas. When it comes to exercise clothes, however, we are treating them differently. During the course of a week, I may...
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Psalm 310
Spring flowers in Capernaum Spring flowers in Capernaum Give thanks to the God of creation, God’s love endures forever. who brought order of out chaos, God’s love endures forever. and light to the darkness, God’s love endures forever. and color...
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Encountering Sabbath
"People who keep Sabbath live all seven days differently." - Walter Brueggemann, Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now My first post on this blog was about Unexpected Sabbath. Specifically on how Sabbath comes in different and...
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Thankful
"Light" and "Life" - on a building at Capernaum in Galilee The last two weeks, I was invited to lead worship at a wonderful little congregation in rural Wisconsin. When I met with the pastor to discuss these two weeks,...
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Tired
Beautiful, but cold.Lion's Gorge Park, Grafton I’m tired of being cold. This winter seems to have been going on forever. We had a tease of spring one day last week, but otherwise, it’s been bitter, windy, and snowing since December....
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The Voices in my Head
Mount of Beatitudes I’m preparing to guest preach the next two weeks. When I do pulpit supply, I usually refer to the lectionary because I can be pretty sure the passage was not preached on the week before. If you...
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The Baby Boom and an Empty Tomb
In All for Jesus, I mentioned that I’m listening to Stephen Ambrose’s D-Day. I’ve continued to reflect on the complete commitment of the AEF toward a common cause – and particularly a remembrance offered on the Battle Hymn of the...
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All for Jesus
The Normandy American Cemetery, overlooking Omaha Beach and the English Channel, was established on June 8, 1944, as the first U.S. cemetery in Europe during World War II. It holds the graves of more than 9,300 U.S. servicemen who died...
