The Worker
I have a son whose answer to the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up,” was...
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Easter. Again.
Easter is here. Again. It was here five years ago, too. And ten years ago. It does seem to keep coming. I’ve been reading a short anthology of essays by people from the world of business; they mostly write about how to be business-y...
Tracing Holy Week
At church please pick up a copy of our Holy Week Reading Guide. This guide has been prepared to help you follow the events of the last week of Jesus before His death on the cross. The week begins Saturday evening when Jesus and His disciples...
Gift Giving
Wondering what good gift to give that special someone for a birthday, anniversary, or Pi Day (3-14)? The possibilities seem endless… and sometimes, so does the angst over finding just the right gift. Jesus indicates that like our earthly...
Disciples and Disciple-Makers
At first glance, the results of this report are deeply troubling. Young people today are describing staggering levels of loneliness, living in a world saturated with connectivity but perilously lacking connection.
Lent: Dried Out in the Wilderness
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the 40-day season known as Lent. Growing up in the church, this seemed like a foreign holiday; I didn’t understand it. My childhood church did not recognize it, and the only ones who observed it...