Follow the Star: Service
Text: Mark 1:29-38, Isaiah 40:21-31 Today, as we follow the star, we hear an invitation from God to serve. Why do we serve? Is it…
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Holy Patience
Patience is not a virtue that comes easily to us. We come with short fuses. We are personally invested in our work and our play…
What can thrive here? #growrule
Last year I took four weeks of spiritual renewal leave and wanted to focus on cultivation… in relationships, in my spiritual life, and literally, in…
Ever creeping, creeping charlie
Creeping Charlie was already flourishing in our backyard when we moved in last summer. We had been working on hand pulling some of it and…
Bandwidth
This week at an annual conference worship meeting, Jorge Lockward, who works with the General Board of Global Ministries asked a simple question: “Do…
My Book of Resolutions
Resolution 2013.1 WHEREAS, my change in job has caused some stress in my family life WHEREAS, stability is sometimes more important than flexibility WHEREAS, I…
Use it or Lose it
On a cold November morning, not too different from today, two farmers met each other in the local coffee shop. Their crops had been harvested…
a day in the life…
7:00am – alarm goes off 8:10am – start thinking about getting out of bed 8:30am – phone conversation with Trustee chairperson about the new shingles…