I am telling you folks, Coffee with Jesus impresses me. It clearly offends some, but whoever writes this understands the biblical Jesus. Take today’s strip on what should be on a year end Top Ten list.
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This Advent I am leading a discussion group at church. Last Sunday was the first and…well, I couldn’t make it. So instead I put together this small set of texts and questions to help them with discussion. Advent is a time of expectation; we await the return of Christ even […]
Earlier this week I noted this comic “Coffee With Jesus” which I had not read before. One commentator felt that it was a clever premise, but that it was a shame they didn’t do something “more productive with it.” I replied and maintain that if you liked CS Lewis’ The Screwtape […]
While there are some Episcopal priests who inexplicably insist that the Anglican tradition and the Episcopal Church are not part of the reformed tradition, it is undoubtedly true. So I wish you all a happy Reformation Day. (Ironically, at least as I encounter the colleagues I mentioned in the first […]
It can be tough to give up on our dreams, hopes, and aspiration. Even for God. To find out why God is wearing a sarong and to enjoy the well-drawn and overly pompous 9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney. (It’s not his fault, he was a church music director. That […]
I did not realize until I performed a quick Google search that this “liturgy” had actually been used (and commented upon) already. I arrived at church yesterday morning to find that we had two Eucharistic services scheduled, a traditional in the sanctuary and a “Seuss Eucharist” in the church hall. […]
A friend, colleague, and local pastor died yesterday. Paul Grabill was the pastor of our local AOG church and while some found him too strong in his convictions for their tastes, I found him to be humble, generous, and yes, firmly convicted of the Gospel and its Truth. In June […]
Morning Prayer. Rom. 12: 9- 21 (NRSV) 9 Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; 10 love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. 11 Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. 12 Rejoice […]