Riding public transportation in a large city for someone who learned to drive in an old pickup truck on a farm in northwestern Kansas where there was not likely to be another living being within several miles is nothing if not an out-of-body experience. The Metro in D.C. is in my top 5 for being both [...]
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next stop . . .
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
baptism . . . confirmation . . . and beyond~
Posted in Uncategorized on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a full and wonderful Sabbath Day, I had opportunity to meet with parents for a training on baptism for their infants; connect with a group of folks considering membership, and moved into the final class time with our confirmation students – all after a weekend full of Communion Services! Wow, nothing like hitting all [...]
life after easter
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Caught in the “in-between-ness” of finite reality with the promise of eternity, how do we live the Easter story in a way that is relevant and life-giving? Having never preached Easter from the gospel of Mark in 21 years of ministry, it seems I found new life in his open-ended pause after verse 8 [...]
