Dec 20, 2021
Advent Meditations “Obedience” Sunday in both services, online and in-person, Axel, our German Shepherd, was “live.” I brought him to online worship so that the online folks could meet him and I figured “why not use the same example in...
Dec 1, 2021
A while back I ended up in a huge debate with my therapist. “You were angry,” she said. “No, actually, I wasn’t angry at all. I was just sad.” “No, I’d encourage you to dig a little deeper with those feelings . . . yes, certainly you were sad, but you were also angry....
Nov 30, 2021
If I do just this one more thing, then . . . . And you fill in the blank. Maybe it’s you hope to get the promotion at work. Make a higher grade on a test. Get the attention or win the affection of someone you are in a relationship with. Prove to someone how much you...
Nov 29, 2021
21-year-old Haley Moore was walking her family’s rescued Maremma mix puppy, Clover, in their neighborhood one day when suddenly she began to seize. She ended up collapsing on the side of the road. A neighbor’s security camera caught the heroic and protective nature of...
Nov 5, 2021
I recently visited a West person in the hospital, and we talked about their procedure and future path. “You know that scripture where they talk about how God uses all things for good, even when they are pretty horrific? I believe that completely. However, I...
