July 18, 2021
Sometimes it’s necessary for us to withdrawal from our efforts so that we can re-engage with more purpose, energy, and direction. Even Jesus went to a quiet place with the apostles to do this. Remember, we all go through some times of when we need to recharge our batteries and re-set our minds so that… Read More »
June 27, 2021
Our faith comes in many flavors, and when we tell folks about it, how do we describe it? Do we tell them about the tastiest, best cereal they can imagine, or do we give them God of the All-Bran? Which God rocks your imagination? Take a look down the cereal aisle one day and YOU… Read More »
June 20, 2021
We all have stormy times in our lives. But what is our reaction to those times? The Storm on the Sea of Galilee offers us a lesson. Many of us start to become afraid as the boat rocks, the winds howl, and it seems as if a little boat will be swamped. And yet, rather… Read More »
June 13, 2021
The seed that grows does so day and night, whether we’re awake or asleep, watching it or not. So why can’t it be like that for our faith? Sudden conversions are possible, for sure, but it’s much more likely that we come to a gradual awareness of God in our lives and in our midst. … Read More »
June 6, 2021
Who is our family, anyway? Just biological relations, or is it treasured friends as well? Who has not, as a child, been introduced to “Uncle Jesse” or “Aunty Jasmine”? God loves all his children with equanimity, why can’t we do that with one another in this world, right here, right now?
May 30, 2021
James Bond famously said he liked his martini’s shaken, not stirred. Except for once, when it was the other way around. So if 007 can change his mind for how he likes it, how do we want the Holy Spirit to come into our lives, in a fiery wind blowing the doors off us with… Read More »
May 16, 2021
The point of Easter is that God’s love is enduring, endless, boundless, and most of all, intimate, since the point of organized religion is to get us to be more in touch with Torah written on our hearts, Immanuel (God with Us), and our Holy Spirit sustainer with whom we were born but have to… Read More »
