Home (Lent #37)

Talk of church often focuses on a physical place, a time or activity. This is church as a destination or as something we do. But, the most compelling understanding of church for me is church as a people. Not something we do, but something we are. (Isn’t this the position of Rethink Church whose crazy […]

Beloved (Lent #36)

Be-loved. Be-love-ed. However you say it, “beloved” means dearly loved. (check out these ways the word has been used…The Gospel of John’s Beloved Disciple; Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Beloved Community) To love dearly, to be dearly loved. I had a moment this morning as I was hovering over a bowl of cereal, when my mind […]

Dream (Lent #35)

Dream house. Dream job. Dream vacation. Dream marriage. Dream car. Dream life. Who sells us these dreams? Who tells us what to dream? Who kill our dreams? Who makes our dreams come true? Could it be our dreams fall short of the greatness waiting for us? Could it be that our dreams are shortsighted, too […]