The new harvest

The new harvest

Picture, with me, the twelve men sent by Jesus to buy lunch – in a Samaritan village – from real-life Samaritans! This was a first for all of them, an unpleasant first, even a dreaded first. Their whole lives they had learned to avoid all dealings with this...
Streaming Grace

Streaming Grace

This past week I had the unique privilege of being in a meeting of pastors, specifically, a Lutheran, an Episcopalian, a Methodist, a Presbyterian, and me. The meeting began with a discussion centered around donuts which had been purchased for the gathering. Somehow,...
Not kids anymore

Not kids anymore

‘Discretion’ is defined as cautious reserve in speech. ‘Reserve’ is defined as cautious in making a full explanation, restraint in the free expression of one’s mind. Neither of these is to be expected in a little child. It is pretty much useless to try to...
Written on hearts

Written on hearts

Indescribable, uncontainable, You placed the stars in the sky, and you know them by name. You are amazing God. All-powerful, untameable, Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim: You are amazing God. These are the words to the chorus of the worship...
That choice before us

That choice before us

Our world is one where the word ‘dystopia’ (an imaginary society with great suffering and injustice and hopelessness under a totalitarian regime marked by harshness) and its corresponding adjective, ‘dystopian’ are in vogue. It’s very chic to use either of them in...