We sang this hymn in church today. In the wake of Friday morning’s massacre of a first-grade class of school children, the meaning of “O Holy Night” made me cry like a baby. (Never mind my husband’s running joke that [...]
We sang this hymn in church today. In the wake of Friday morning’s massacre of a first-grade class of school children, the meaning of “O Holy Night” made me cry like a baby. (Never mind my husband’s running joke that [...]
Starting tomorrow we’re in for a treat. That’s when we’ll begin a special Advent series featuring the photography of the very talented, fellow saint and sinner Katie Archibald-Woodward. (Just think: we’ll get to say that we knew Katie before she [...]
First, villainy… By way of an addendum to my recent review of the new James Bond flick, fellow saint and sinner Michael Frost has shared a wonderful resource: The Ultimate James Bond Fansite. If you’ve ever entertained the notion of being [...]
I’m convinced that if he lived today, the early church father, Augustine, would like Twitter and I would be one of his followers. Augustine once said of the God he worshiped: “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” I love [...]
If you read yesterday’s sermon, you may have caught some refrains on this theme. The picture I mentioned of the leopard snuggling with a baby antelope might almost pass as a Hallmark card, were it not for the fact that [...]
Church planter and professor A.J. Swoboda has a book out, and it’s worth a read. My review of Swoboda’s book, which aired today in the Episcopal Church’s very helpful, ecumenical publication, Sermons That Work (http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com), is reprinted in full below with [...]
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Small, Big World
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Face Into the Wind
posted 12:39:48pm Jun. 14, 2013 | read full post »
Mental Health Break: "Dead Sea"
posted 10:05:49am Jun. 05, 2013 | read full post »
God of the Gaps: Survey Finds Americans Pray More in Disasters
posted 10:57:37am Jun. 03, 2013 | read full post »
Talking Albatrosses and Freckled Monsters: The Power of Imagination
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