07/22/2017
Hey! This is long. And it’s not a picture or a video. Hope to see you Sunday! 8:15 and 10:30! _____________________________________________ Where is the Holy Spirit? There was a little …
07/15/2017
The Kinks have a catalog of great songs. Their best might be “Waterloo Sunset.” Rolling Stone ranked in #42 of the 500 greatest rock songs of all time. It’s a love …
07/07/2017
St Paul’s! I hope you’re all well! Happy 4th! I spent the week of the 4th camping in the beautiful hills of southern New York, Allegany State Park. Our family and two …
06/26/2017
St Paul’s! Greetings from Canada, your semi-socialist neighbor to the north! Canada is a wonderful country. The people are kind. The neighborhoods are safe. The healthcare is “free,” (At least that’s …
06/10/2017
You know those people who drive you crazy? Those people you “don’t really get along with” (which is probably not what you call them in your head). You need those people. And they need you. …
05/30/2017
Thank God that Jesus left. Jesus ascended into heaven this past Thursday. We celebrated Ascension on Sunday, but it technically was Thursday. For 40 days after his resurrection he talked …
05/20/2017
Have you read that line in Colossians, “Your life is hidden with Christ in God,”? That’s nice, right? Me and Jesus. But think about it. Paul is suggesting that you are …
05/16/2017
Katie texts me this while I’m working at church: State of the nation: Cameron: burned arm taking tortilla out of microwave. Starts profuse weeping. I tell him to go chill …
05/06/2017
[A short meditation on a poem by Jones Very, “The Latter Rain,” 1842] There was an early rain that fell on the ground and seemed to do no good. All …
05/01/2017
I don’t want you to think I’m being a paranoid conspiracy theorist… but give me a second and I’ll probably sound like a paranoid conspiracy theorist. Netflix CEO Reed Hasting …