Love (Lent #9)

The church was in conflict. How to be the Church? What rules would guide them? Who was in and who was out? Who got to say? The question behind all the questions…who are we? A crisis of identity. A pastor writing to this church tells them to remember their origin, remember their reason for coming […]

Evil (Lent #8)

My childhood took place during the height of the Cold War. Russia was the “Evil Empire”. Vilified in movies (Rocky IV, Red Dawn, Hunt for Red October, etc.) Shown as aggressive and oppressive and corrupt in the media. Studied as hard and stubborn and a bit backwards in history classes. I grew up with an […]

Wonder (Lent #7)

The tide is coming in. If I stand still, my feet will slowly sink into the sand. I look out as far as I can see. There is a boat of some sort gliding by just visible on the horizon. More closely I watch wave after wave after wave form and then break sending the water inland […]