Both have an emphasis on: planting seeds for future growth; our bountiful harvest of God’s blessings; the care and maintenance of what we have been blessed with in life. When I used to have more of an occasion … [Read more...]

“Now may the Lord of peace . . give you peace at all times in all ways.” (2 Thessalonians 3.16) This message from the second letter to the Thessalonians would just as easily been written to us today in this time and place. … [Read more...]

The Major League baseball season is in “full swing” these days. Your favorite team may be doing well or struggling to win it’s first games. But the season is still young and there’s a lot of games to play before the Pennant … [Read more...]

“Easter is over,” you might wonder, with a tone of polite annoyance . . . “Why are we still singing about it?” In many pews and churches, you might not be alone in wondering why Easter has to been drawn out into a ‘season.’ … [Read more...]

Have you ever experienced listening to a song, but one line or phrase of the lyrics doesn’t make sense? This happens to us all the time – and your children are often the least embarrassed about singing the confusing lines out … [Read more...]

1) Forty Days. Six weeks. 2) A time to wander through the wilderness. 3) A time to explore your faith. 4) A time to get through until Easter arrives. However you think about it, there is no stopping the reality that … [Read more...]

Scripture reports that following his baptism by John, Jesus went into the desert for forty days. He did not choose to do this willingly, but was driven out into the desert by the Holy Spirit. He was cast into the wilderness … [Read more...]

Before we begin the season of Lent (with Ash Wednesday on March 6) allow me to remind you of this Season of Light—between Christmas and Easter. During these weeks (when days are only slowing getting longer) we are called to … [Read more...]

More than the tree – or decking the halls More than the music – or mobs at the malls More than the feasts that are planned and prepared The family stories remembered and shared More than the lights that will soon disappear … [Read more...]

Some books (the kind with pages and binding – not the electronic kind) may sit on a shelf for a long time, until at a moment with the blazing (gas flames) in the office fireplace, call you to sit and contemplate. So I picked … [Read more...]