suppose someone were to compare Jesus to a Snuggy. not cool, huh? well, unfortunately that’s how we’ve portrayed him. more on that later…
life
morning glory
it’s not yet 9am i’m wide awake thankful happy glad to know that stretched before me many hours to complicate it’s not yet 9am i’m satisfied trusting hopeful glad to know that God has blessed me peace to share with those who cry
stank face
sorry folks. when i don’t like something, it shows. and it ain’t cute. i’m one of those people who look best when smiling and i’m not a natural smiler. but boy oh boy can i give you a stank face. so this morning, when boarding my early morning flight, a flight attendant said in a…
is this communion?
at the invitation of a friend, i had communion (outside of my denomination for the first time) this week. it was new. no foot washing. just bread and wine. i read the prayers. i ate. didn’t dip (coz i don’t do alcohol). i never like taking communion without first knowing about it ahead of time….
having to think
There once was a time when I just did ministry. Just did it. No deep queries into minds and patterns. No reading up on the experts’ opinions. Just action. Pure action. So what changed? Those I serve are no longer peers in terms of expectation and experience. Expectations will kick you, kick you hard, all…
lessons from email
Another online account. Another password. Another moment to decide whether or not to use the same 6-8 letters/symbols/numbers that my other 30 online accounts hold, even the Hotmail that I would delete if I were brave enough. I’m not even sure when I created that account. It’s so last decade, before I learned that email…
tears & love
i have the best husband. (okay, yours may be great too…) yesterday was a rough one, one that brought to the surface a load of my frustrations and i overflowed. he was there. holding me. reassuring me. and then he said, “can i pray for you?” and this is love…