Lection Reflections God Is Not An Equation Like 1.5 billion other people, I am on Facebook. I currently have, uhm ... { checking } ... 791 friends there. And many of them are Christian. I love my Christian friends, just like all my friends, but sometimes they post things that drive me crazy. (As does everyone on Facebook, of course,
Lection Reflections Leader, Manager, Predator, Shepherd (A Lection Reflection on Mark 6 and Psalm 23) (also part of the Leadership series) Fire up the Google machine and put in "sheep without a shepherd," "Jesus as shepherd," "the Good Shepherd," or "the Lord is my shepherd." You'll
Lection Reflections What If Gandalf Doesn't Show? (a Lection Reflection on Psalm 130 and Mark 5:21-43) There is a scene in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers where Gandalf is leaving Aragorn to go get help. As he mounts up and prepares to leave, he says "Look to my coming, at first light,
Lection Reflections Cynics, Scoffers, Despair, and Me (Psalm 1) I am, by nature, a Pollyanna. I tend to look on the bright side, to see the good in everyone, to be Up most of the time. On the Enneagram, I am a Seven, which means life to me is just one big PB&J, to be enjoyed even
Lection Reflections "A Little Lower than God" -- Really? There is a Bible study group that meets in a coffee shop I frequent. They sit at a long table near an easy chair where I like to relax, drink my coffee, and read the morning paper or write. From the first time I saw them, I suspected we might
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