So, I’ve come off the mountain…literally. I drove home from Montreat this afternoon and returned home to everything that I left before heading to the conference. I returned home before the kids got home from school so I was going through the mail that came, replied […]
Power Today was the final day of the conference and it was the lifting up, the resurrection, the pointing to hope. The last few days were times spent with the cross with Good Friday, the silence of the tomb of Saturday, and then today with […]
There was much of today that was simply shattering. In worship this morning, we heard the mournful, sobbing cries of an African-American woman as the stories of slavery, brutality, and oppression were recounted. This wasn’t just a few tears shed, but the sound of one […]
There was a lot of uphill time today. My Fitbit tells me that I did 22,796 steps with the equivalent of 170 flights of stairs. Suffice to say that my legs are sore tonight. I did a hike this morning per the recommendation of a […]
Taking a step away for a few days from the Bible in a Year posts to do some reflections upon the conference I am attending at Montreat, North Carolina this week. It is called DisGrace and is focused on issues of race and the church. […]
Paul doesn’t mince words as he gets started in this first letter to the church in Corinth. He immediately gets into the core of his message to the church about unity – something he will return to time after time in this letter. But the […]
Job comes to a close with a final few words from God to Job, followed by a contrite response from Job to God and then the concluding chapter where Job is defended by God to Job’s three friends and then the epilogue where Job is […]
It didn’t take long on our return to South Dakota for us to see one of the sights that has always inspired a sense of awe and wonder for me – the big sky of the upper midwest and the storm clouds that churn and […]
“Peace be to the whole community, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” – Ephesians 6:23 Nouwen’s focus today is on the deep form of community that we as Christians are called to. “Communion with God allows you to […]
A day late in posting…Yesterday, I attended the monthly Mosaix gathering here in town – a multi-racial network of pastors and other church and community leaders. I have been participating since I returned from my sabbatical and will continue to do so as I see […]
I know its been a few weeks since I last posted but I am slowly going to get back into the routine in the coming weeks as my sabbatical winds down and life returns to “normal.” I am continuing my read through the Gospels but […]
As I type this, I am just about 8,500 miles away (straight line) from Charleston, South Carolina. I have not been able to keep up with all of the news of what took place and what is going on. My wifi isn’t fast enough for […]
