March 1, 2021
What we think we categorized as “this bad thing that happened to me” can be reframed, revisited and we discover a transformed view: “this event taught me this.” Because of this thing that happened, I now have more compassion. These folks are on my radar.
February 21, 2021
You’re not alone. You’re never alone. No label you use or that has been placed on you can separate you from the love of God in Jesus Christ.
February 14, 2021
Small things are what it’s all about. Small gestures. Small decisions that are often unnoticed that add up over time and affect things in a big way.
February 7, 2021
Everything has a fallow period. Animals sleep. Seasons change what plants and birds are present in our neighborhoods. This is the rhythm of creation. Even God, the all-powerful, ever-present creator of all things took a day off. What makes us think we don’t have to?
January 17, 2021
In every place we have lived… The DC area, Lancaster, PA, the Toledo area, and here… each has their own little Nazareths. Places we’re surprised to hear someone say good things about.
January 10, 2021
Everything about Judaism and Christianity despite theologies to the contrary, is earth related. Not heaven related. John baptizes with water. Water created by God. God who created us out of the earth. Created the earth to sustain us.
January 3, 2021
Maybe the magi wanted to point to something more than just this child’s death. Maybe they wanted us to know something more about Jesus than that he was born to die.
December 27, 2020
Some folks know about the after before it happens. The prophets see the signs that point the way. They connect the dots before the rest of us do.
