Reflections for Lent 2019 – Day 1 It’s one of those wordless children’s books where the pictures tell stories and convey more meaning than a million pages of text. Jon Arno Lawson and Sydney Smith’s Sidewalk Flowers is a story in which a child and her father are walking through a city together running errandsContinueContinue reading “Sidewalk Flowers”
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Looking for God
The confirmation project for our last year confirmation student(s) is to work with a mentor to answer and present their own personal answer to one of several proposed questions as they and the mentor talk about life and faith and being church together. In a series of newsletter articles, I’m inviting the congregation to alsoContinueContinue reading “Looking for God”
Today, you will be baptized
The texts for April 19, 2015 (Easter 3B): Acts 3:12–19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1–7; and Luke 24:36b–48 Today, JJ, you will be baptized. I wanted to take a moment to tell you about what this means and what you can expect. First of all, when you are baptized, you will encounter God. In theContinueContinue reading “Today, you will be baptized”
“Failing” Lent: Day 6
There are hundreds and hundreds of little tiny irregular blue dots all over the floor in the fellowship hall at Salem. At certain angles, they look randomly placed as though someone tossed confetti in the air and this is how it landed, but if you look a minute you’ll notice that all the little dotsContinueContinue reading ““Failing” Lent: Day 6″
“Failing” Lent: Day 5
I sat down to write last night and stared at the screen. I finally gave up and went to bed. It had been a good and busy day, but I was exhausted. Because I was so exhausted and kind of grouchy most of the day, I didn’t really get what God kept hinting at forContinueContinue reading ““Failing” Lent: Day 5″
Jabbok Dawn 