What if we held Easter and everyone showed up except the Christians?
A unique Easter calls us to respond in ways uniquely our own.
Holy Crap!
“You don’t actually believe all that crap, do you?” There is a good bit of historical record from the time of Jesus. Archaeological. Temples. Cities. Edifices. But unlike the way those today would proclaim their King-dem, the life Jesus led would not be signaled in artifact or chiseled into stone. The life Jesus lived is […]
Looking for Signs of New Life
It’s that time of year again; trees a-flowering, flowers a-budding, buds a-popping, all giving way to the greening of leaves in canopies across the land. Well, across the temperate land. Here in Central Florida, everything stays green all year round. The palms, shrubs, and grasses wave happily in the constant breezes. Even cacti thrive in […]
Melt my hard heart
Melt my hard heart, Oh God, and renew a right spirit within me. Why, of why, do I hold on to what is beyond my control, to what is too heavy to bear, to what burdens and saps my strength? Because I have become accustomed to it. It has become my way. Your ways are […]
I go to prepare a place for you
Until that which we write, we think, we pray, comes to life, we are noisy gongs and clanging cymbals. This is the pre-Easter world, the pre-Easter us. Oh, the list. Thank God, the baby Jesus was born into a smelly stable. At least He knew what He was getting himself into, or at least He […]
What if we’re dying and we don’t even know it?
It’s just an introductory song to get us going on a Sunday morning. High energy. I was broken and you healed me… I was dying and you gave me life, Yeah, that ole God is always helping us out in our troubles. It was just killing me, we say. I was dying out there, we […]
The Christmas Caterpillar
On Christmas day, I rescued a caterpillar. He (or she) was crawling slowly across my family room carpet. What in the world? In December? It’s freezing outside! Shouldn’t you be somewhere south where it’s warm? And what do butterflies do in the winter? I couldn’t bear to put it outside, certain it would meet a […]
