Aug 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
The scientists call it neuroplasticity. It means our brains are always learning. It means we are not damned to habit, upbringing or culture. It means if we choose and rehearse generosity, interdependence and joy the brain will make those connections. God’s mercy is in...
Aug 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Watching what you eat is important. Watching what you say is paramount. NO invitation to be politically correct here. This is deeper. What comes to the mouth is born in the heart, Jesus said. From the mouth it rides on breath, becomes action and finds allies…...
Aug 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
All doubt. It’s a human thing. Still, Jesus asks the question, “why did YOU doubt?” We doubt for at least three reasons: lack of information, lack of experience or fear. How about you? Being curious about why we doubt can cause our faith to grow. What information do...
Aug 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
“On a cosmic level, despite all of the pain, evil and degradation in the world, like many people, I nevertheless believe that the universe is ultimately tilted toward good. This is what Dr. King meant when he said that ‘the moral arc of the universe is long, but it...
Jul 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
God is not a manicured English garden. God is a yellow defiant dandelion in a green lawn. God, “is a weed climbing a wall over a well.” Prune if you will, but it just won’t die. God’s ways and love are messy. When we were given away at our baptism, and when we give...
Jul 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
While the ark is evidence of Noah’s faith, it is the arc of Noah’s faith that inspires me. How does faith that is small and struggles to make room to listen for God, become faith that creates big things to the glory of God? Answer: One step at a time! How did Job, the...
Jul 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
We care about heart trouble. Not just the trouble that affects the four-valved muscle in our chests. But, the trouble that causes people to lose faith and give into the world’s woes and ways. When we gather we say “Lift up your heart.” We do this because Jesus is...
Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
There is a time for everything, the Bible tells us. Except, there is no time for fear! Fear lowers the ceiling of possibility, shrinks our hearts and awakens our inner tyrants. Fear pits us against neighbors and decreases our dependence on God. Yet, people are...
Jun 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Faith is keeping your head up even when you’re standing in a valley. Faith is looking beyond the hills that try to intimidate you. Faith is the lens we look through to understand God’s text messages to us. Faith is knowing God is real, able, good and generous. Faith...
Jun 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Jeremiah complains to God. He thought being a God person wouldn’t be so hard. Now he knows. To love God is to have your image of God surpassed. Obliterated. Tranquility is not as high up on God’s list as it is on ours. God’s mission for Jeremiah is to afflict...
