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All the Feels of Christmas: Expectation
We all live with expectations. When we get all tied up in the expectations, they can change the way we receive what we expected when it...
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- Nov 18
Attitude of Gratitude: Family along the Way
There are so many ways to speak about #gratitude. As we draw close to the celebration of Thanksgiving, it seems appropriate to end with a...
- Nov 11
Attitudes of Gratitude: Bright and Beautiful
When I began pondering the second week of the #Attitudes of #Gratitude series, an old hymn arose in me: All things bright and beautiful,...
- Oct 29
Getting Persecuted
Who really wants to be persecuted? And yet Jesus tells us, Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs...
- Oct 21
Be a Peacemaker
This week we turn to the #peacemaker #beatitude: How blest are the peacemakers; God shall call them sons and daughters. Those who bring...
- Oct 14
Pure hearts See God
What does it mean for us to be "pure of heart?" Just teaches that the pure of heart will see God! I want that or at least I think I do....
- Oct 6
Mercy Is Key
Mercy is a key to understanding God. It is also key to understanding the #beatitudes. What makes #mercy so important? What is mercy? Join...
- Sep 30
Primal Beatitude
Hunger and thirst are primal instincts that emerge from deep within. Both #hunger and #thirst are triggered when our bodies want to tell...
- Sep 22
Inherit the Earth?
"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." (Matthew 5:5) What was Jesus thinking when he said this? The #meek rarely get a...
- Sep 16
Good Mourning
#Mourning and #grief are underrated collections of emotions. Way too often we suppress our grief and/or avoid it altogether. Men are...
- Sep 8
Attitude Check
Many times I have heard the first of the #Beatitudes interpreted purely in terms of #humility and I have interpreted it that way myself....
- Sep 2
Now Count the Cost
Following the path of Jesus may begin with saying, "Yes," and then it continues to an ever-deepening self examination and self surrender....
- Aug 26
Begin with Humility
As I sat pondering the passages for this weekend, I could not hope but notice a recurring theme of humility. Honor can only come from the...
- Aug 19
Chosen
There is a lovely passage of scripture about being called and chosen in the writings of Jeremiah, near the beginning. I have heard used...
- Aug 11
Division
We always expect Jesus to be bringing things together and this story does not bode well for that expectation. In this story Jesus...
- Aug 4
Wake Up!
For a fair portion of my life, I was not a morning person! Even now I suspect I am not a morning person though I get my most focused work...
- Jul 22
We Need Each Other
When we read in Matthew about measuring our faith by how we treat the "least of these," those who are sick and imprisoned and hungry and...
- Jul 15
Life Isn't Either/Or
Busy? Martha gets that. This Sunday, we will look at Luke 10:38-42 and learn how Jesus' visit to Martha's home creates questions for her...
- Jul 9
Commandments
Presented with the commandments in Deuteronomy, the Israelites struggle to figure out if they can live into those commandments. The...
- Jul 1
Seeking Wholeness
The prophet Elisha has taken over in the work of Elijah. A request for healing comes to the king of Israel form a rival king and leads to...