I thought for sure I had misheard the word. Surely he meant to say reunion or onion. But neither of those words made sense either. I asked him to repeat himself. He said, “He’s got to stop runyons, he just needs to stop.” So I asked, “Exactly what does runyons mean?” He laughed, “Oh, it’s […]
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Remember when Mary presumed the man she saw on the first Easter morning was the gardener? Think about that. The risen Christ looked like a gardener to one of the people who knew him best in all the world. As we till the soil of life, […]
On this Valentine’s Day our witness to the world is that love is real, God is love and therefore, love is actually all you need. Today is a good day to remind ourselves of the various kinds of love revealed in the Bible. God’s love is agape, self-sacrificial, I Corinthians 15, enduring love. But there […]
We rush to judgement, Jesus rushed to love. I Cor 15 does not say love is always pointing out what’s wrong. I Cor says love is patient. When we rush to love we do so with kindness, in a spirit of service, considering the needs of others as more important in that moment than ourselves. […]
What’s today’s date? The full date? When you said it, did you include the formal label “AD.” Probably not, we only use it on diplomas and legal documents – but it is true that every day we live is AD. AD stands for Anno Domino, or “the year of the Lord.” We use AD because […]
The Bible describes the Church as the very Body of Christ. There’s no such thing as an American church. Or an Egyptian church. Or a persecuted church. Or an African church. We are called together the family of faith, the household of God. And when one part suffers, all suffer. So when we hear about […]
The end of one year and the start of another is a great time to take stock of our own lives. We look back over where we have been and set priorities for where we want to go in the coming year. We make lists and goals and plans. So did you achieve everything you […]
Every family seems to have at least one aunt or uncle who is obsessed with the family tree. They’ve researched the generations past, they’ve visited cemeteries and court houses and scoured family bibles for evidence of those who have come and gone before us. Genealogy holds a particular fascination because it helps to locate us […]
I love Christmas hymns. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Angels we Have Heard on High, Angels from the Realms of Glory – three of my favorites. At Christmas it seems many people in the culture are willing to embrace the possibility of radiant beings from the unseen realm breaking into human history to bear messages […]
He couldn’t have been more than 5. Everyone in the race was bigger with longer legs but no one had their sights set on the prize like this kid. Sure enough, he won! Half an hour later there were awards and he beamed as he received his trophy and took the mic from the MC. […]