A Working Retreat?
Oxymorons…you gotta love them. Verbally puzzling expressions that stop and make you think, because they just don’t go together. Today, I am headed 8 hours south into the mountains of North Carolina to a retreat center at Lake Junaluska. There may be more beautiful and restful places than this, but I don’t know them. Alas, […]
Communion Running
Let no one say that running is not worship. I went for a Communion Run this morning. Yep, right there, as the roadside gravel crunched under my feet, I sang … eat this bread, drink this wine, trust in me and you will not thirst. Works well if you have shortish strides and no place really […]
His Blood On My Hands
We have small, intimate Communion service on Wednesdays at my church. Something about taking time in the middle of my week to stop and remember the Why and the Whom behind what I do and who I am. I love taking communion. It’s so…bodily. I found out today why we are really supposed to cup […]
