by Guy Sayles | Sep 25, 2015 |
Hope is sinewy, tenacious, and determined. It gives us strength when ours is gone, carries us into the future when we’ve been knocked-off our feet by the disappointments of the present, and makes it possible for us to trust that God is with us even when we feel...
by Guy Sayles | Sep 17, 2015 |
Near the end of my morning walk, I passed two men who were ambling in the opposite direction and having a lively conversation with each other. The street was busy and noisy, but I heard one phrase: “Yeah, he was so unusually kind to me that it made me feel kind...
by Guy Sayles | Sep 11, 2015 |
Here’s the address/sermon I gave at the Gardner Webb University School ofDivinity this past Monday. It was based, in part, on the story of Jesus’ encounter with the a Samaritan woman at “Jacob’s well” (John 4).I surely understand...
by Guy Sayles | Sep 8, 2015 |
What follows is the text for my sermon at First Presbyterian Church of Asheville this past Sunday. It’s based on the second part of the lectionary Gospel for the day, Mark 7:31-37.I’d like for you to meet my boyhood friend, Jimmy. He lived down the road,...
by Guy Sayles | Sep 2, 2015 |
There’s more than a year to go before the presidential election, and, already, I am weary with the campaign. When I can manage simply to view the candidates as performers, some talented and others not so much, and hear their speeches as scripts in an over-the-top...
by Guy Sayles | Aug 17, 2015 |
This past Friday afternoon, after two full days of New Faculty Orientation, I took a long walk around the Mars Hill University campus. I thought about—and prayed for—students soon-to-return (or coming for the first time) to campus, and of the hopes and fears...
by Guy Sayles | Aug 9, 2015 |
Barnes and Noble Bookstore at the Asheville Mall occupies two floors; the upper floor circles the lower, is bordered by a high and clear rail, and provides an open view to the floor below.The children’s books and toys are on the upper floor. Last week, as I was...
by Guy Sayles | Aug 3, 2015 |
Last Monday, I was at Duke’s Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinic for an appointment near the one-year anniversary of my stem-cell transplant. Over the last month or so, in ways which have surprised me, I have been reliving the hard and surreal experiences I...
by Guy Sayles | Jul 24, 2015 |
Until 2007, July 24 was simply another day in summer, a usually hot and humid day, perhaps cooled for a time by a late afternoon thunderstorm. There was nothing in my experience which made it noteworthy. In 2007, my father died on this day. Complications...
by Guy Sayles | Jul 21, 2015 |
My friend Bob and I were sitting on the bleachers just outside the racquetball court and trying to catch our breath between games. A group of race-running, soccer-ball kicking, tricycle-riding, and twirling-dancing preschool children spread-out across the basketball...
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