Lection Reflections My Sheep Hear My Voice -- Say What? (A Lection Reflection on John 10:27) If you look up today's text on Google, you get 1.9 million hits. If you put the text in quotes ("my sheep hear my voice") you still get 1.5 million hits. That's 1,500,000
Writing and the Arts The Cure for Writing Constipation I am in the second day of a two-day writing vacation. I take these once in a while to get away, see some countryside, and prime the pumps. On this WriteAway (cute), I'm at a state park that is almost empty. So, after checking in and unpacking,
Lection Reflections Restoration or Resurrection? (A Lection Reflection on Easter) In another Lection Reflection, I talked a little about the scope of Easter. I made the point that Easter was more than a one-time event; it is, instead, a part of God's ongoing work in the world. God is in the business
Values, Faith, and Church The Scope of Easter (A Lection Reflection on Easter) One of the important concepts we use in project work is "scope." It refers, of course, to the reach of the project or initiative. Does this web site rebuild involve only the interface, or are there new features included? Are we remodeling both
Lection Reflections Palm Sunday Cynics (A Lection Reflection on Luke 19: 28-40) Fickle. Disloyal. Unreliable. I've heard my fair share of sermons and devotionals that use such terms to describe the Palm Sunday crowd. You have too. I call them Palm Sunday Cynics. "Here they are, waving palms and praising Jesus,
Lection Reflections And It's God From the 3-Point Line! (A Lection Reflection on Psalm 126 and Isaiah 43: 16-21) As those who know me will attest, I'm a big sports guy. My favorite sports are football and basketball, with college basketball being at the top of the list. And as you might expect, my most favorite
Lection Reflections The Circle of Reconciliation (A Lection Reflection on 2 Corinthians 5: 16-21) There are certain verses in the Bible that convey such an important truth that I think they ought to be automatically highlighted in every translation. We have such a verse this week, with a truth so unusual and different that it