It’s the Season of Advent. Eager anticipation. Hymns, Carols, Trees, Cooking, Parties, Family… the joy (and the stress) just seems to go on without stop. And we are supposed to be HAPPY! Guess what: a lot of people aren’t. For many people who are alone, who are away from hearth-and-home, who are sick or just ...
Continue reading about Cussing Out God – Yes, It’s Christmas Time
I have heard some dullard preachers in my day, hopefully more times than I have been accused of being one. A real low point in ministerial skill came when I heard a preacher adamantly refuse to allow the hymn “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” be sung in his church. He thought that the idea ...
Continue reading about Pushing Past Our Goodness to What Lies Ahead
Today is the annual Day of Silence, a day when we stop, in silence, to support our kids and protect them from bullying, abuse, name-calling and harrassment in schools. Not only our children in College, but all the way down into the grades. As long as these children have to face this abuse, we must ...
A meditation from Ps. 26 and Mt. 11:25-30 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable unto thee, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Some of the things that God gives us to do, that He calls the easiest parts, are really the most difficult. He tells us ...
Continue reading about Play Nice and Don’t Run With Scissors
One of the things I like best about Twitter (yea-yea – I’m a nerd) is that each message is limited to 140 characters, which can make for some beautiful spiritual poetry and prayers. So I’m adding on a new Category to the site called Prayers from Twitter for just this type of work. ...
