January 18, 2019
Words Coming Alive
Be sure to bring your 2019 Worship Guide with you to worship on Sunday, Jan. 20. “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. When I feel afraid, think...
January 11, 2019
How the Bible Came to Be
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” If I didn’t know otherwise I might think that these words came from the mouth of Jesus, in one of the...
January 04, 2019
The Star
“Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love divine; Love was born at Christmas; star and angels gave the sign.”* We’ve probably all heard a lot of the angel-singing songs this Christmas. They’re some...
December 28, 2018
Twelve Days of Christmas
Do you know we’re in the middle of the twelve days of Christmas? You’ve probably heard the song and wondered what some of the phrases meant. One tradition holds that the song, written in the...
December 21, 2018
Joseph
What is Joseph to the Christmas story anyway? In my mind I say that with a little bit of sarcasm and edge to my voice. After all, he didn’t have to bear the baby. He...
December 14, 2018
Wonder
Just before midnight last night I wander outside to our patio. I make sure all the lights are off because I want to see the night sky. Stars in abundance light the night. I think...
December 07, 2018
Rain
In the middle of the night, I heard rain on our roof. That is a sweet desert sound. I imagined the smell of it, fresh, moisture-heavy, that hard-to-describe desert smell of plants, trees, animals and...
December 02, 2018
Which Way Is It?
If you try to get to our house via your GPS you will probably end up at the exit rather than entrance to our subdivision. In one of those GPS quirks it can’t find the...
November 16, 2018
Building
Our two-year-old foster grandson loves to build. He has some soft connecting blocks given to him by a child of our church who had outgrown them. He joyfully puts them together, making dinosaurs and bridges....
November 09, 2018
Those Who Serve
Because I live close to the church, if I have an evening meeting I sometimes come home for a bit in the afternoon to have a snack and read or watch a TV show. Yesterday...