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- November 10, 2017
A LUNCHEON INVITATION If your bishop, presbyter, or judicatory staff person called you up and asked you to go to…
, - November 8, 2017
WHAT'S THE USE Kathleen Norris writes about Acedia and Me. Acedia feeds upon the thought that nothing is worthwhile.…
, - November 3, 2017
God’s truth and Human Response Where would you place yourself between the assertion that there is no salvation outside…
- November 1, 2017
NO SALVATION OUTSIDE THE CHURCH Beginning with Augustine but continuing with Luther, Calvin, The Scots Confession, and the Second Helvietic…
, - October 27, 2017
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT EXPANDED We need to reinterpret the fifth commandment. “Honor your father and your mother, so that your…
, - October 25, 2017
WORDS CREATE WORLDS In Walter Brueggemann’s Israel’s Praise, he develops the idea that words create worlds. It is not the objective…
, - October 20, 2017
WHEN THINGS FALL APART One recent broadcast suggested there had been more than 250 cases of mass violence in 2017.…
, , - October 18, 2017
I want to emphasize 3 of the 10 commandments as an antitoxin to anxiety. NO OTHER GODS It is the…
- October 13, 2017
(CONTINUING TO LOOK AT VULNERABILITY AND ANXIETY FROM TED TALK BY BRENE’ BROWN as applied to the pastorate.) HIDING…
- October 11, 2017
DO YOU LIVE IN AN ANXIOUS SOCIETY? (I am continuing to draw upon Brene’ Brown’s work on vulnerability and…
- October 6, 2017
How do healthy clergy offer ministry in an anxious world? CLERGY DON’T HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER Clergy, like all humans,…
, , - October 4, 2017
(Thoughts derived from reflecting on 2 TED talks by Brene’ Brown www.ted.com/talks/brene’_brown) as applied to churches .) This is my…
- September 29, 2017
These resources are from the Presbyterian Board of Pensions. Other denominations likely have similar resources. Preventative Health Care Studies show…
- September 27, 2017
I continue working on my comedy routine about health and humor for my retirement community. You can go back a…
- September 22, 2017
BLUES BE GONE All of us experience down times. Sometimes it is caused by plans gone awry or a negative…
- September 20, 2017
CONSIDER THE VALUE OF LAUGHTER Probably all of us have experienced how a well-timed joke has broken the tension in…