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April 15, 2024 —
One of my blogs that really connected for some people was on “Grace in the Family.” In particular the idea that grandparents can be gracious by supporting — not judging and criticizing — the parenting being done by their own adult children. Here’s a juicy excerpt: “What can happen with grandparents is that they become... Read More
April 14, 2024 —
Here’s my sermon of April 14, 2024. Text is below. Link to a video at the church’s You Tube Channel is here. And Then There’s God’s Story Luke 24: 36 – 48 For those who pay attention to this sort of thing, this is the first and the only Sunday during my nine Sundays with... Read More
April 10, 2024 —
Bird Notes: There’s lot of activity with two kinds of birds here in San Miguel these days. First off, there’s a “Great Egret” rookery (nesting site) near us. The big Egrets are pretty amazing. They look as if they are doing ballet in the trees. How the eggs stay in the the nest on a... Read More
April 8, 2024 —
There was a time when liberals and the left-leaning were upbeat, optimistic, and enjoyed the fray. They were proudly “progressive.” Hubert Humphrey described himself as “a happy warrior.” Today? “Happy warriors” are harder to find. The planet is dying. White supremacy rules. And everyone is traumatized. One element of Joe Biden’s out-of-touchness is that he... Read More
April 4, 2024 —
Holy Week and Easter were salted this year, as every year lately, with news stories documenting church decline. Prior to this most recent theme, the well-timed seasonal stories for Christmas and Easter were a little different, but predictable. A church scandal here or a new revelation calling Christianity into doubt there. Regular as clockwork. Of... Read More
April 3, 2024 —
Sometime last year the U.S. Surgeon General declared loneliness to be a phenomenon so severe in the U.S. that it constituted an epidemic. Many factors have been cited as contributing to the epidemic of loneliness including isolation during the pandemic, technology that allows people to interact without personal connection, and the decline of marriage and... Read More
March 31, 2024 —
Here’s my Easter sermon from earlier today. The text was John 20: 1 – 18. Here’s the church’s You Tube of the service. The sermon probably starts at about 15 minutes in. Or you read it in text attached below. A blessed Easter to you you! While It Was Still Dark John 20: 1 –... Read More
March 30, 2024 —
A blessed Easter to you, each and every one! I’m definitely “back in the saddle” here in San Miguel. Tomorrow, Easter Sunday, will be my fifth week in row in the pulpit, with four more to go in my stint here. It’s been quite a while since I’ve preached nine Sundays in a row. Someone... Read More
March 26, 2024 —
Tomorrow is Maundy Thursday, so named for Jesus saying to his disciples at their last supper together, “I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you.” The latin for “commandment” is maundatum, hence “maundy.” But the immediate, if penultimate, defining act of the “as I have loved you,” is often left... Read More
March 24, 2024 —
Here’s my sermon from today, March 24, Palm Sunday. You have a choice of the written version below or of the video at to the church’s You Tube channel using this link. Some churches do Palm/ Passion Sunday these days, combining the Palm Sunday story of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem with a reading of the... Read More
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