on being willing to ask for help.

I’m out of town for a few days. Nancy almost didn’t tell me about the water heater, the one that is old, the one that is on my goal list for the year, the one that I haven’t gotten around to fixing, the one that started releasing water across the floor this morning in a […]

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and does it.

I’m away from a good connection right now. So this is a quick post. But I had a thought. What if you and I took one of the many things I’ve explained from Jesus’ teachings and did it. I mean, rather than looking for something new, we did something we learned. I’ll try.

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Nonsensical Peace

(This was first published October 29, 2010 but the video is new) God gives peace at moments that make no sense. At times when by every right, everything emotionally should be cascading in, there can be peace. Not a denial, but an acknowledgment that yes, indeed, there is cancer, but God has a clue. Not a […]

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what are you learning?

Saturday nights and Sunday mornings, a couple groups I’m part of discuss the previous week’s sermon. It’s not to criticize, it’s to explore. I decided to let you sit in on our questions from last week.  Pastor Bill was talking to our high school graduates.  I wanted our adults to think through some of the […]

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Today

I’m writing this yesterday afternoon. By the time you read this, sometime on June 13 or after, your world – and mine – may be very different places than they are as I am writing this. It’s a Sunday afternoon. Some friends of mine are graduating from high school. My mother is preparing to celebrate her […]

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