Love… gotta have it!
The Sunday that I traveled up to Cherokee, my nine-year-old cousin Taylor was baptized. One afternoon, she came home very upset from school. You see,…
Matthew
Taking out the Trash…#reverb10
I have not really followed the prompts for Reverb before – but from what I have caught wind of, they are daily prompts that help…
Hope… that next year things will be different
Keep awake! Get ready! Prepare yourselves! These are the words that fly at us from the scriptures on this first Sunday of Advent. But get…
Setting the Table: The Plate
Two weeks ago, I was honored to be asked to plan worship for a gathering of clergy in Des Moines. A friend, Rev. Sean McRoberts…
The Gift of Peace
How many of you watched the world cup this year? How many of you know what a vuvuzula is? To roughly describe it, a vuvuzula…
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…
Epiphany through the eyes of a servant girl
I have come here today to tell you a story. It’s a story that you think you know… but you don’t. You have only caught…
Lectionary Leanings – Glimmer of Light
January 4Isaiah 60:1-6, Psalm 72, Ephesians 1:3-14, Matthew 2:2-12 While our church year technically begins with the Advent season, Epiphany has always struck me as…