From my pocket notebook, which I whipped out at our District Christmas Dinner/Program/Concert/ last month to scribble this — Howard Bell had us sing Hark! the Herald Angels Sing to the tune of Christ the Lord is Risen Today. (I’ll…

Courtney Carver. Brilliance. Much needed but little heeded. In her own words — The guilt of your past The pressure to prove yourself — Questions? How about seeing what Proverbs 17:28 and Isaiah 43:1 and Acts 20:24 and 1st Corinthians…

What will you stop doing? What will you continue doing? What will you start doing? And I’ve checked the calendar…”someday” isn’t one of the days of the week…so if Today is the When, how are your three What categories looking?

Those three were all questions about something many in the Church have relegated to an annual campaign to meet the church budget. They’re about stewardship. As in Matthew 25:14-30. Yup. Serious stuff here. Let’s not hurry away. Now would be…

Someone, I think Mel Robbins, asks three questions that fit with yesterday’s blog here, and the third is What will you start doing? Spend some time with that today. For context: Ephesians 5:16. Ready? Set? What will you start doing…today?

Someone, I think Mel Robbins, asks three questions that fit with yesterday’s blog here, and the second is What will you continue doing? Spend some time with that today. For context: Ephesians 5:16. Ready? Set? What will you continue doing…today?

Someone, I think Mel Robbins, asks three questions that fit with yesterday’s blog here, and the first is What will you stop doing? Spend some time with that today. For context: Ephesians 5:16. Ready? Set? What will you stop doing…today?

“What would you like to have your pastor do more of?” was the idea conveyed in a question on a pastoral evaluation form a few years ago. “In order to do that, what would you like to have your pastor…

Christ Jesus himself said — I am the Gate. Anyone who goes through me will be cared for—will freely go in and out, and find pasture. A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so…

Madeline L’Engle’s brilliance, depth, more on display here — I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day. Worse than physical acquisitions are spiritual ones, small grudges, jealousies,…