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Lost in God and found by joy

by | Dec 16, 2010 | 0 comments

When the angel Gabriel told Mary that God had invited her to become the mother of Jesus, the angel also gave her the news that her (much!) older cousin, Elizabeth, was pregnant. The news about Elizabeth was astonishing because Elizabeth was well into her Polident and...

Bad decision. . .

by | Dec 12, 2010 | 0 comments

Bad decision. . . At 6:00 this morning, it looked to me like I needed, very reluctantly, to cancel services today. I was especially concerned about the impact anticipated falling temperatures and predicted further snow would have on people trying to get home,...

“Yes” to Love

by | Dec 10, 2010 | 2 comments

On an otherwise unremarkable day, in the unremarkable backwoods town of Nazareth, God sent the angel Gabriel to interrupt young Mary’s life with some startling news. As far as we know, Mary had no advance warning and no special preparation for the surprise God sprung...

Prayers for Peace

by | Dec 6, 2010 | 0 comments

This Advent season, my prayers are for peace. Peace in our world. God’s good world is divided by controversy, rent by conflict, and torn by warfare. A bittersweet memories of my teenage years is watching USO-sponsored “Bob Hope Specials” performed before American...

Time and the Advent Season

by | Nov 29, 2010 | 2 comments

Christians have an odd way of keeping time. Most of the time most of us think of Sunday as the last day of the week and the cap of the weekend; it’s the day before the grind of work and school cranks back up on Monday morning. But, Christian faith invites us to think...

God is Great, God is Good

by | Nov 24, 2010 | 2 comments

One day, when his daughter Karen was still a young girl, writer Chris de Vinck, popped an Enlgish muffin in the toaster and went out the kitchen to check on a couple of things. He left Karen in the kitchen. A few moments later, he heard her cry out in pain, and he...