Ode to the Book of Discipline…
Oh Book of Discipline, how do I love thee… Let me count the ways. I love that when I am confused about how to proceed…
love
How Should We Love?
Last week, we talked about a little place on the southwest side of Jerusalem… does anyone remember what that ugly and awful place was called?…
youth group and hitler
I don’t have the energy or discipline required for 6-9th grade boys and girls. It is exhausting. But I love them, so every Wednesday night,…
twinkle, twinkle, little star #reverb10
Last night…. well, this morning… I drove home at 3:00am in the morning from a friend’s party. It was about four degrees outside and the…
what to do when your faith is shaken
On a television show like “Bones,” faith and reason, science and religion, seem to be inevitably at odds. That is part of the beauty of…
Some things are more important than bulletins
Today a young woman walked into the church and asked to use the telephone. Not a problem, I said. And while she sat in the…
The Gift of Love
This week, my husband and I had two houseguests… our niece and nephew. They had the distinct honor of being able to have a sleep…
BE the church
This morning we find ourselves in the midst of a pretty familiar story. It is a story of contrasts… the holy man on one hand…