I opened the envelope and looked inside.
I stood there for about 30 seconds, thinking about Pat’s words… and then I understood!
“Ahhh!!! I thought… How right she is!
Sermons
Peace
Our creaturely, human peace – sitting in front of the fire with a cat purring in your lap, for example – does not “surpass all understanding.” On the contrary – it is utterly within the realm of understanding… and yet…
Hope
We peer into the future to try to find signs of hope. Hope for the good outcome. But there’s a catch…
Glimpses
Since God is beyond time, God is now and not yet. The Kingdom of God peeks out from within the fabric of the now.
The “We” of God
What if, instead of “God I” we think of “God We.”
I think that is what we are doing in church.
Prayer by Numbers
In at least one way, the Pharisee and the Tax Collector are quite similar.
They are both wrong.
They are both wrong about God.
200 Sandwiches
I think miracle stories, such as the feeding of the 5000, have value.
But I’m not holding my breath, waiting for a miracle to happen.
Sunshine
Christianity that is lived in the community benefits more from glorious confusion, then from strict adherence to doctrine.