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God. We sit at the transition from one year to the next.Part of us hopes that things will be different. Part of us knows that things never are.Part of us hopes that we will be different. Part of us fears that we never will be.Part of knows that you are all powerful, all-knowing, all-present. Part […]

We’re taking most of the next two weeks away from posting. Rich is on the road. (In a vehicle, not a bike.) I’m still working at the hospital, since we never close. (Please be careful on Christmas Day if you are in Fort Wayne.) I’ll have Sunday prayers, as usual. And Paul will be here […]

God. We are scared and relieved and anxious and anticipating and hopeful and desperate. All at the same time. We are like your people have always been.Except that they all know how their part of the story ended.And we do not. We know that Mary and Elizabeth were uncertain and then scared and then rejoiced. […]

I’m guessing that you know the feeling. You walk into a party, into the dinner, into the gathering. You know that everyone is watching you. I’m not talking about insecurity or shyness. I mean that everyone actually is watching you. It’s a job interview. It’s the first time together with family after a death or disturbance. […]

We couldn’t talk about eating with Jesus (our Advent theme) without the story known as “the feeding of the 5000.” But did you know that it could just as easily be called, “the feeding of the Twelve?” All that food, enough to feed 15,000 people with 12 baskets left over, is part of a story […]