From an article in a Sports Illustrated from last month (July 17, 2017), on ultramarathoner Stephanie Howe, who has a Ph.D. in nutrition and exercise science — “For those looking for a healthy way to eat, Howe suggests keeping it simple.’I eat when I’m hungry, and I stop when I’m full,’” she says. The most…

She said Yes!

Quick Review: + a week ago yesterday, we thought together about the question, “What are you learning?” + yesterday, we began to “consider the source” of those learnings.   Today: What are you doing with what you’re learning? Or as my very first preaching instructor loved to ask at the end of sermons, “So what?”…

Last Monday: What are you learning? Today: Who’s teaching you? My grandfather would listen while my grade school self told another wild tale I’d heard from a certain group of kids. When I’d wound down, he’d look away and say, “Consider the source.” I figured out right away what he meant. “Consider the source” applies…

One more dose of Wesleyan Heritage to frame our worship and corporate life [and to easily catch up, simply scroll down to my previous couple of Sunday blogs] — For a full understanding of the Methodist movement one must understand that the majority of the “preachers” enlisted by John and Charles Wesley were lay persons.…

Like most pastors, I’ve been to more than my share of funerals. Sometimes we’re sitting in the crowd, sometimes we’re standing up front. Sometimes we’re the preacher, sometimes we’re the liturgist and Bible reader. Sometimes we host a moment when family and friends share memories, and sometimes we’re the embarrassed emcee of what has turned…

This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it! Give thanks to the LORD, for God is good — Psalm 118:24 & 29 So the focal point of my gratitude and celebration is really supposed to be God, and not my situation? Really.

This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it! — Psalm 118:24 Really? Really. Even with all the bad stuff that’s going on? Really. And I’m supposed to just feel happy about all this? No. The idea is that whatever your feelings might be at the moment,…

This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad — Psalm 118:24 Really? Really. Even with all the bad stuff that’s going on? Really. And I’m supposed to just feel happy about all this? No. The idea is that whatever your feelings might be at the moment, you can…

This is the day that the Lord has made — Psalm 118:24 Really? Really. Even with the bad stuff that I know’s going on? Really.