When things falls apart, we focus on lost opportunity, what was, or what could’ve been.  It is one thing to celebrate the past; to celebrate it too much, though, leads to death.  As people of faith, we are Sunday people, called to celebrate, live into

I’ve seen one person choke in my life.  I had no idea what was going on, but knew my neighbor was struggling to find words, which were on the tip of his tongue, but blocked.  Fortunately, another saw and came to the rescue.  Every day, we watch other

There were no tennis balls in the backyard.  Such a situation was unfathomable to my dog, who raced from one side to another sure she’d find one somewhere.  I watched her restlessness thinking about ours and the things through which we seek security.Â

This week has reminded me that I should’ve long ago given up the notion that winter weather in the South could be predictable.  It has also gotten me thinking about other notions I should give up:  the hope that I will ever be a professional athlete â

As a reminder, this Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent – Lent being the 40 days, excluding Sundays, before Easter.  As Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, we will be having an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday night at 7pm.  During th

Remember in kindergarten when you had to invite everyone to your birthday party or give everyone Valentine’s Day cards?  Remember in 3rd grade when this began to change, when boys became gross and girls got cooties?  Maybe we weren’t so far off whe

So much of the time we talk of the mission field as being “out there” in far-away places. While these places need our attention, the mission field begins at home, with the face we see in the mirror. If we are to affect the world, partnering with God t

A scandalous word, spoken years ago is scandalous still today.  The hope, of course, is that one day it won’t be!          

We place judgments all the time:  on ourselves, each other, things we encounter.  None of these, though, can trump that judgment God has given us:  that we are loved and valued, not because of who we are or what we do, but because of Whose we are.

From the beginning of time, God has spoken, wanting desperately for God’s people to hear.  Still, today, God speaks, offering words of love, of hope, of grace to all children, in all places.