Every Saturday, right about this time (4:00pm) I realize that I’ve either spent time preparing for Sunday or not. There is no way to make-up for any lost hours. If I haven’t done some work starting 5-weeks back and a lot of work 2-weeks out and finishing work this week there is no way to … Continue reading It’s Saturday but Sunday is coming
Gratitude Journal
Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4:6 (NRSV) emphasis mine Writing words of thankfulness have become a habit for me in the past few years. Regularly sitting down to mine my heart for places of gratitude has become … Continue reading Gratitude Journal
Good-morning Reverend
The title of this post is how I was greeted stepping on my bus ride downtown for worship this past Sunday. [by the way...it’s the best dollar I spend all day!] Funny thing is that I have never met this driver as he was new to my Sunday morning route. Now, you don’t have to … Continue reading Good-morning Reverend
Grace available
You then, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus2 Timothy 2:1 [NRSV] I read this yesterday during my devotions and it stuck with me that Paul tells Timothy to be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus... It’s not the grace FROM Jesus. It’s not the grace AROUND … Continue reading Grace available
Quote about Growing
People are either growing toward God or away from God; there is no fixed, middle position.Leading God's People by Christopher Beeley While this quote is difficult to swallow at times it is nevertheless true at all times. Just like in nature, things are either growing or they are receding with no middle ground. How we … Continue reading Quote about Growing
Collect for the Week
A collect is widely used in many denominations as a way of praying together a common thought. Here is the collect for the week from the Book of Common Prayer. Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, … Continue reading Collect for the Week
Journey to the Promised Land
The way to the land is through the wilderness. There is no way to get from here to there except by joining together and marching.Walter Brueggemann from Journey to the Common Good No way forward to the promised land except by way of a wilderness. Ah!!! Great object lesson for our lives on this earth … Continue reading Journey to the Promised Land
