A Trinity Day
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Let me give you a mini break from the ordinariness, the mundaneness, the repetitiveness of the day-to-dayness of life. Join me in considering the amazing fact of how God's triune nature (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) can give you ...
Faith in the Face of Mystery
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 Posted in Imitation of Christ | No Comments »Just read this from The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A' Kempis (a modern translation by William Creasy). It's from the last chapter in his classic book, including the very last words. "God can do more than you can understand... Blessed ...
An Old Prayer to Pray on a New Day
Friday, July 24th, 2009 Posted in Imitation of Christ, Spirituality | No Comments »Let me share with you portions of a prayer of Thomas A' Kempis (500 years ago, William Creasy paraphrase) which I read yesterday. Though first prayed by him 500 years ago it's still relevant for us today. "O most sweet and ...
The Half Full/Half Empty Glass
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"Is the glass half full or half empty?” is the proverbial question. I share with you two quotes from the Reflections quotation page of the recent issue of Christianity Today magazine (p. 51, July 2009). The first is ...
Outside the Box Thinking
Monday, July 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I'm a photographer of sorts, which sometimes comes in handy when I need an image to illustrate a point in my sermon. A few weeks ago I talked our youth pastor Ben into putting an open corrugated box over ...
The Minority View
Saturday, July 18th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The majority of people with whom we work, befriend, live next to, or bump into in our day-to-day activities fall into one of two camps when it comes to their religious beliefs. Some feel they are good enough for ...
The Places and Faces of Jesus
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Author Mark Galli, in his book A Great and Terrible Love, mentions Mother Teresa and how "she saw the face of Jesus in the face of each sick and dying person she helped." He goes on to refer to Dietrich ...
This Is What I Believe
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »There have been many wonderful statements of faith through the centuries including the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed. With the humble realization that anything I could ever put into words would pale in comparison, I've attempted to create my ...
A Holy Stream that Sustains
Monday, July 13th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I've noticed while flying that most rivers have trees bordering both banks as they snake their way through otherwise treeless topography. Trees like streams because there's a constant supply of water. The psalmist (Psalm 1) used this imagery in describing the ...
Pilgrimage in One Place
Thursday, July 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Author Kathleen Norris makes reference to “two vows that are unique to the Benedictines... the vows of stability and conversion. Even as one promises to remain in a particular community for the rest of one's life, one commits to ...
