While in Kansas City, MO for a workshop, I picked up a book by Katie Maxwell titled Bedside Manners: A Practical Guide to Visiting the Ill. (BakerBooks) This is always something I’ve struggled with — saying the right things, doing the right things. I was reading a few passages from it and was struck byContinue reading “Prayers – Hospital”
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Waiting for The Car
Although it sounds like a cheap novel, my day began as any other day. Really, it did! Kids got off to school early dogs fed and cats, too. Rhonda came home, we talked through the prior evenigs events. She told me of her night at the hospital. I cleaned up and left for work. IContinue reading “Waiting for The Car”
Worship and Encountering the Holy
Worship is really about an audience of ONE – God. We, the actors, carry on the “work,” the liturgy. As followers of Christ, it is the reason we gather. We gather not be a part of some performance but conscious connection to the One who is greater than we can imagine or comprehend. We comeContinue reading “Worship and Encountering the Holy”
Great Blog from Bishop William Willimon
In the Beginning . . .
From Genesis 1:31 (The Message): God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! I hope that I can look and see good. Seems to me that in the creation narrative, God’s comments are “it is good” is an example for me each day. Sit back, see creation, and sayContinue reading “In the Beginning . . .”