“Are we out of coffee?” “We’re fine.  Probably enough here for another cup or two.” “Yeah, but they said they’d be coming by.  Let’s go ahead and make some more.  Then when we need it, we’ll have it.” That applies to…

“Where you there, when they crucified my Lord?” asks that old song. Anymore, we might well ask, too, “Were you there, when they politicized my Lord?” Or maybe, “Were you there, when they sanitized my Lord?” You’ll have some more ideas.…

He leaned over to me in Sunday School and said, “Sometimes I think we make it all too complicated.” I agreed. And since then, he’s made me wonder: if we do make the Gospel more complicated than Christ Jesus did,…

“You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.”  — Henry Ford. “”Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the ones who do the will of my Father who…

She was following the bumper sticker. Getting close enough to read it. The bumper sticker, in its entirety: “Are You Following Jesus This Closely?” My friend told me that last week at the end of a worship service last week I agree with…

How many ways are there to have a Holy Lent? For decades we’ve been told it takes 7 habits to be an effective person. Many of us know the value of 12 steps. I get daily updates online about 5…

Amen. We add this little word at the end of prayers. As if it’s a code word for “Okay, I’m done praying now.” But traditionally it’s been used to mean “May it be so.” A friend likes to say it…

I was waiting in a store while Patty was at what I think is called A Specialty Counter. It had a display with three colors of rubber bracelets availble.  Each color bracelet had a different message written on it. According to the sign…

“It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.” Of all the paradoxical spins he’s already thrown at us in his prayer, our friend Frank outdoes himself with this last line. And it’s about stuff that’s a big…

“God’s love endures forever” — Psalm 136. Four powerful words: “God’ love endures forever.” They’re from Psalm 136. Which verse? Here’s the fun part. “God’s love endures forever” is in verses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,…