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Thanksgiving…

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Thanksgiving is here again.
Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, etc
Football, family friends
Days off work
Christmas Shopping season begins!
And with Thanksgiving, comes the church service we’ve grown to expect.
The message of the service is clear.
We are not thankful enough for our families, friends, jobs, and God.
We live lives that are too busy to be [...]

The Sacrament of Art

Monday, August 20th, 2007

The laughter heard from the neighbors house, the scraped knee in need of a bandage, the baby sitting up by herself, the young man holding a Bible for the first time, the spicy food that makes you choke, the random man who is hoping to “get lucky” tonight, the wind whipping your face at 90 [...]

Conversations with Kitty

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Kitty showed up on my doorstep almost a year ago to date. She was a tiny little thing and stole my heart with her first “meow.” My roommates did not want her in the house, so Kitty and I spent time daily together outside cultivating our relationship. When winter came, their hearts [...]

Life as a Popularity Contest

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

“What good will it be for you to gain the whole world, yet forfeit your soul? Or what can you give in exchange for your soul?” (Matthew 16:26) While I imagine that most of us read this verse and reason that we have not “sold our soul” (as depicted in the new box [...]

The Economy of the Divine

Friday, January 26th, 2007

Recently in the news, a family from Missouri was reunited with their lost son after he had been missing for over four years. Imagine what the family must have felt when they received a phone call informing them that their son had been found and then the moment of beholding the face of the [...]