Don’t you wonder how the conversation went the next morning when Mary paid a visit to Joseph’s house? However she broke the news that an angel visited her and told her she was going to have a baby. There is no doubt she thought her life was over. What did Joseph say? … “You are […]
Month: December 2013
So That’s, That.
Suddenly, the poinsettia look droopy, the tree is out-of-place, the pants are tighter, the checkbook lighter, the earth quieter and the new calendar busier. I find poetry to be my closest friend in this season of transition, this time of “oh my Lord, I have so much to do….sit still, rest, chill out and….holy cow […]
Jesus Who? The Age of Reverent Agnosticism
Earlier this week, a friend of mine sent me a study that said that 50% of Americans don’t think that Christmas is a religious holiday. Another friend sent me a survey that said 47% of Americans don’t trust clergy– the highest percentage since the question was asked! Another friend called and said he attended the […]
Prayer on The Drive Home
A poem by Portia Nelson: 1) I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost . . . I am hopeless. It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. 2) I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole […]
The Unthinkable: A Sermon for a Suicide
John 20:1-2, 10-18 The Resurrection of Jesus Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and […]
