Love is not just a pretty word, but a way of life. The image of God is nothing less than the love of God within us. Sometimes, I wonder if I’m living in the shadow of who I am created to be, or possibly a shadow of the complete person read more »
“Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” Luke 4:21 Anticipation. Do you remember the song by Carly Simon? Unfortunately, every time I hear it or think of it, I remember the ketchup commercial describing the slow pour of ketchup out of the bottle. It is so creamy and rich that read more »
Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. In the beautiful and powerful Psalm 23 we read “my cup runneth over.” In the Gospel of John, we read about Jesus unexpectedly changing water to wine — John 2:1-11. When the wine read more »
The moment came. The child was born. The Word spoke. Generations have heard. Love from Love. One to another. The cross was nailed. The cup was filled. Grace upon grace. Did we turn our back? Have we dropped the cup? Three Maji-Wise Men, people outside of the faith, begin a read more »
There is something about music that touches the soul. Christmas Carols have a particular way to reach into us and let God work a little closer in our hearts. Think of the inner peace of Silent Night. This week, we will light the candle of Love in our Advent wreath read more »
Hope, peace, and the unlikely source. As most people, I hope in the powers I can see or touch or at least understand in my own human ways. What is practical for delivering me out of my predicament or will improve my life and those around. Often, I find myself read more »
Deck the Halls was a great success! Thank you to everyone who turned out to dress our church up for Christmas! You did a beautiful job! So everybody come, see, and worship as we start our Advent celebration and look towards the miracle of Christmas! May the grace and peace read more »
We have a few sayings to question or define truth in a specific situation. Seeing is believing, history is written by the victors, might is right, there it is in black and white, are just a few I can think of off the top of my head. Seeing is often read more »
Faith and humility. I don’t recall hearing a lot of wisdom teachings, proverbs, or psalms being quoted to me about these two very opposite attributes regarding our spiritual growth in Jesus Christ. Now, God’s grace and love cover a lot of ground in our Christian tradition and understanding. And faith read more »
The God who weeps, is the one who embraces the plight of humanity as well as the joy of our life. To love human life is to experience the daily give and take of living within creation. In Jesus, God did not choose a simple, or a numbed version of read more »
