I have two choices here. I could write some exciting inspirational content based on my men’s group this morning (we really did have an illuminating conversation that I’d love to share). Or I could drop in a few more photographs from this glorious spring weekend. I think I’ll go for the photos. Especially as they…
For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. – Romans 12:4-6 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. – 1 John…
Read more Roll Your Sleeves Up For America! (J&J and my aching arm)
So I had this very busy day all planned. Lots to do but well organized. Writing, cleaning, shopping, getting Max groomed, cooking my amazing spaghetti for the dinner Naomi and family are driving all the way from Miami to enjoy. Then a few other things too. But you know what they say: “the best laid…
Jesus replied, “It’s written, People won’t live only by bread, but by every word spoken by God.” – Matthew 4:4 Sunday morning, almost exactly one year after we “temporarily” suspended in-person worship, Wake Forest Presbyterian Church took a momentous step forward in the process of re-opening, offering “live” worship, limited access (80 people), in the CLC. My…
Jesus came into Galilee announcing God’s good news, saying, “Now is the time! Here comes God’s kingdom! Change your hearts and lives, and trust this good news!” – Mark 1:15 There are a several approaches to sharing my thoughts today. They involve reading, viewing, and participating. In the end you may find you want to take them…
Read more rethinking the Kingdom of God – with the help of Jesus
There is so much to share and to process right now that I will be posting a little more often than is typical – especially through these “40 days” of Lent. One resource I plan on pointing us to on a regular basis is the worship ministry of Wake Forest Presbyterian Church, where Rebekah serves…
Okay you all. True story. I have a fan (well, this bog has a fan) who for some reason feels pressured, put-out, and imposed-on when I post the occasional extra article or set of photos. “Why do you keep posting? Don’t you know I don’t have time to get to them all. It’s too much.”…
Sunday morning was a real joy. Rebekah preached an inspirational sermon on “Transformation to Doubt” and our song – Walk Down this Mountain (43-minute mark) – turned out to be the perfect “Amen” at the end of her message. I particularly enjoyed the way the two guitars worked together. But then it is always good…
Read more Walking down this mountain, Valentine’s Day, and my American Birthday
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. – 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 It’s me, it’s me, it’s me, O Lord,Standin’ in the need of prayer.It’s me, it’s me, it’s me,…
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” – Matthew 7:7-8 How do people learn and discover? How do people grow and…
Read more Ask, Seek, Knock! (Change is not a threat – it is evidence of life)
