The Trinity: An incomprehensible math problem or vital Christian doctrine? On Sunday evening we saw, that far from being theological trivia,  the doctrine of the Trinity is important for our daily life. God has chosen to reveal himself toward us as tri...

Printable Version Do you have a calling? If we were asked such a question, we might reply that “my calling is my career, I guess.” But biblically your calling is something different – deeper than career, though it might express itself

One of the greatest inventions in the last couple of years has been MAPquest and the technology that allows us never to be lost again…at least physically.  Ironically, Pentecost is the Festival day that celebrates SPIRITquest.

 Up, up and away!  It’s a bird… it’s an early cosmonaut….no, wait – it’s Jesus?! Huh? - Did you know that the Ascension of Jesus has long been celebrated as one of the principal feasts of the Church?  It’s right up there with Christmas,

Bishop Salmon loved to say:  “We don’t learn from our experience we only learn from the reflection of those experiences.”  As I reflect on our 264th year, one phrase comes to mind:  Authentic Church, or putting it another way…Deep Church.

‘Death comes unexpectedly,’ the preacher shouts in Disney’s classic movie Pollyanna. But then what? What truly lies beyond the grave? Can we even know, or are we left to speculate, hope, and fantasize? For thousands of years folks have wrestled with th...

“I got shoes, you got shoes, all of God's childrens got shoes- - When I get to heaven gonna put on my shoes - I'm gonna walk all over God's heaven (heaven) heaven (heaven)- - Everybody talkin' bout heaven ain't a goin' there heaven (heaven) heaven (...

They say there’s a heaven for those who will wait.  Some say it’s better, but I say it ain’t.  I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.  Sinners are much more fun.  Only the good die young.  So sang Billy Joel.  Terrible t

I will never forget it as long as I live.  I had spilled blue model airplane paint all over our wooden kitchen cabinetry.  I was alone in the house and knew my mother would be coming home soon.  I went upstairs and literally hid in a closet.  I then h

It is the most chaotic worship service of the church year, because that’s how the first Palm Sunday was!  Can you imagine Jesus riding into Jerusalem with donkey’s surrounded by palm waving “Hosanna” yelling children and adults?  It was a mad ho