Activism or Love in Action?
I was an activist way before is was trendy. Today, an activist is: “One who takes vigorous action or pursues involvement as a means of achieving political or other goals, sometimes by demonstrations, protests, etc.” If you are taking action toward your cause or your goals, you’re an “activist.” It seems like everyone in America […]
The Message Our Body Brings to Life
Does it surprise you to look at these two photos, side by side? The one on the left is among the tiniest of miracles, a cell in the brain. The one on the right is perhaps the grandest of miracles, the universe. Their similarity is striking. It’s all a matter of scale… and perspective. One wonders […]
Is God Good All the Time?
“God is good …All the time!And all the time …God is Good!” Ah, the call and response of a faithful people. We like knowing how to respond. But do we believe it? Is God really good all the time? for the parent who’s just lost a child? for the man who’s just received a dire diagnosis? […]
The Trust Game
Have you ever played the trust game? Where someone demonstrates trust in his or her fellows by falling backward into the waiting arms of a team of people set to catch her or him? Blind fall. Big risk. No guarantee. Complete confidence. TRUST. Whom do you trust like that? I just played a new trust game. […]
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain
Years ago, I drove past a home construction site where the foundation had been laid but the frame had yet to take shape. A small sign greeted everyone who came to the job site. It read: “Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.” ~ Psalm 127:1 I marveled at that bold expression of faith! […]
Where do I Fit in the Body of Believers?
If the church is the body of Christ, what part would you be? All the good parts are spoken for, right? You’re late to the game so you get to choose from the left overs. Head – gone. Heart – gone. Right hand, left hand – they’re taken. Even the smelly feet got scooped up. […]
Love begets love
I know love when I am in its presence. It smiles at me, holds me in its embrace, takes my hand and wants to show me. It asks me why, tells me when, wonders how. It thanks me and nods its approval. Love leaves me smiling. Love begets love. Ah, but I know its enemy, too. […]
What is Truth?… Amen
Amen. It is so. So be it. Assent. Truth. In this sanctuary, offering prayers, reciting creeds, listening and responding, to words which make no demands of me. They are simply true. No doubt. At the end, we agree. God and me. I say Amen. It is so. So be it. Assent. Truth. This is truth […]
Blest be the Tie that Binds
Yes, blest. That’s the way they spelt it in the hymnal I had extracted from its place in the next-to-last pew, at the Church of the Palms, Presbyterian. I am hidden in the back, scrunched behind a pillar in a nearly empty pew the older folks have difficulty accessing. There are a lot of older folks […]
That’s the way I love you
Evil calls to evil; it calls on itself. Good calls to good; it calls out to itself. They reside side by side; Neither will the other abide. The thing I say is not the thing I want to say… The thing I write is not the thing I want to write… The thing I do is not the thing […]