by Guy Sayles | Feb 2, 2016 |
Ability to Respond
by Guy Sayles | Jan 28, 2016 |
The heavy snow which recently fell in our area brought surprising gifts: the requirement (and permission) to step-away for a few days from routine busyness, to have longer stretches of uninterrupted time to read and to think, and to rest without irrational guilt over...
by Guy Sayles | Jan 22, 2016 |
We’ve gotten about six inches of snow at our house, and forecasts call for a lot more. Earlier in the week, since it was likely that the roads between Asheville and Huntington wouldn’t be safely passable this weekend, I reluctantly bowed-out of preaching at Fifth...
by Guy Sayles | Jan 14, 2016 |
Yesterday, I went to the first session of what I thought was my Introduction to the New Testament Class. For about 10 minutes, I gave a broad overview of the ways we’d approach our engagement with the scriptures. Then, a student spoke up and said: “I have you for New...
by Guy Sayles | Jan 8, 2016 |
This week, schoolchildren headed back to the classroom, the 12 Days of Christmas culminated in the Feast of Epiphany, and the reckoning with credit card bills from December’s shopping sprees has begun. College football fans, especially in the South, made plans...
by Guy Sayles | Jan 1, 2016 |
As the New Year begins, I am grateful for so much:Poetry, music, and “children’s books.”Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon.Restaurants where I don’t need a menu.Restaurants where I not only need a menu but a translator and guide.Our “puppy” (eight years old!),...
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