Years ago I played on a town softball team made up mostly of young men who were town employees. More blue collar workers than the white collar folks who make up the congregation where I am the pastor. Following each game the team would go to the … [Read more]
Advent Continues – December 4
This morning I came across this line in a poem by Ann Weems:Watch…For you know not when God comes.Watch that you might be found…WheneverWhereverGod comes. I had to stop and read the line twice to be sure that I read it correctly.In … [Read more]
Advent Continued – December 3
I will take my stand to watch and station myself on the tower,And look forth to see what God will say to me concerning my complaint.And the LORD answered me:“Write the vision.Make it plain upon tablets,So the runner passing by in the valley below can … [Read more]
Advent 1
We call this season Advent;Which means coming;Marked by the four Sundays which precede Christmas.As the days around us rush by too quickly;And become filled with heightened expectations;For those of us here these Advent days are makes by words … [Read more]
With Tears in My Eyes
This morning an eight year old girl came up to me and handed me an envelope.Here is what she said to me…"I had a lemonade stand and made $16.00. I want you to give the money to Habitat for Humanity.” In the presence of such generosity … [Read more]
A Prayer for Thanksgiving
Deepen our gratitude, O God.Push is so deeply into our hearts and minds and souls:So deeply into who we are and how we live;So deeply so that the moment we say Thank you;Our lives are turned in the direction of compassion and kindness and justice and … [Read more]
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