United by a Negative Feeling

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, […]

The Problem With Lake Wobegon

“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 […]