Previous posts in the series: On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (1) On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (2) On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (3) On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (4) On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (5) On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (6) • •Continue reading “Mike the Geologist: On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (7)”
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Another Look: It’s a Wonderful Gospel
What do you need when you have spent your whole life giving to others, sacrificing your dreams to do the responsible thing, being the person others count on when the chips are down; when you are tired of being “that guy” that everyone looks to but no one appreciates? What do you need when youContinue reading “Another Look: It’s a Wonderful Gospel”
Another Look: The Imagination of Faith
What part does imagination play in faith? Can “truth” be communicated through legend, folk tales, poetry, and music? Many Christmas songs have little to do with describing detailed historical facts. Instead, they evoke images from nature, the Biblical narratives, and the cultures from which they arise to help us not only understand but also feel the meaning and significanceContinue reading “Another Look: The Imagination of Faith”
Sermon: Advent III – A season for doubters
Sermon: Advent III A season for doubters When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples 3and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” 4Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5theContinue reading “Sermon: Advent III – A season for doubters”
Advent Pic & Post III
ADVENT III Two Bach cantatas are associated with the third Sunday in Advent. Both are “lost” cantatas. The first is BWV 186a, “Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht” (Fret not, O soul), a later version of which is played on the 7th Sunday After Trinity. The second is BWV 141, “Das ist je gewißlich wahr” (This is now the gospel truth),Continue reading “Advent Pic & Post III”
Saturday Ramblings: December 10, 2016
RAMBLER OF THE WEEK This week’s Rambler of the Week is a no-brainer, as far as I’m concerned. This week we witnessed the passing of one of the greatest heroes of my generation: John Glenn. It is hard to express what it was like to see rockets and astronauts and to watch on our blackContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: December 10, 2016”
Fridays with Michael Spencer: December 9, 2016
Note from CM: At the end of this week when I have been involved in a training for bereavement caregivers, I thought this eloquent statement of faith by Michael Spencer, “In the End, God Knows Us,” appropriate for our meditation. • • • But now that you have come to know God, or rather toContinue reading “Fridays with Michael Spencer: December 9, 2016”
Mike the Geologist: On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (6)
Previous posts in the series: On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (1) On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (2) On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (3) On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (4) On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (5) • • • The Grand Canyon, Monument to an AncientContinue reading “Mike the Geologist: On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (6)”
People need friends, not fixers
My job is not to fix you. Nor you me. Nor is it our collective calling to fix one another. To be “our brother’s keeper” does not mean that we are responsible to do for our brother what he can only do for himself by God’s grace. This is one of those areas where AmericanContinue reading “People need friends, not fixers”
Dispatches from the Wilderness of Grief
Dispatches from the Wilderness of Grief Scottsdale, Arizona. Dec. 5, 2016 This week I am in Scottsdale, AZ attending a training given through The Center for Loss and Life Transition and presented by Dr. Alan Wolfelt. Dr. Wolfelt is a grief counselor and one of North America’s premier authors and educators in the area of grief and loss.Continue reading “Dispatches from the Wilderness of Grief”
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