Journey with us to Calvary.  This is the title of my series for the next four weeks leading up to the Resurrection.  We will walk with Jesus all the way to Golgotha.   Perhaps you never envisioned his journey, his pain and his suffering.  Perhaps you have not envisioned his mother at the foot of the […]

For entering a new year, I thought a prayer composed by writer John R Killinger provided good food for thought.  I reworked his prayer a bit and thought it good to share with you: Most merciful God, your love is as constant as the shining of the sun beyond the clouds. Your ways are deeper […]

You have heard that it was said, “You shall not murder.” But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or a sister, you will be liable to judgment.  –Matthew 5: 21-22– A soft answer turns away wrath.  But grievous words stir up anger.  –Proverbs 15:1– During one of our Wednesday night meals, […]

“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment…”   –Romans 12:3–   Lake Wobegon is the fictional little town made famous by the writer Garrison Keillor. Keillor describes Lake Wobegon as the village […]

When I was a child there was a popular Baseball novel. It was titled “The Kid Who Batted A Thousand”. In thestory there was a baseball player who never struck out. He had a hit every time he came up to bat. He became known as “The Kid Who Batted A Thousand. He had a […]