If you can trace the history of your life through Christmas presents you have received -- the ones that catch you completely by surprise and fill you with wonder and gratitude -- then I have been blessed indeed.This list is front-loaded a bit . . . but isn't that when...
What a fun day.I saw people I hadn't seen in fifteen years.I met people for the very first time.I got to throw diapers around on the platform.I was able to celebrate a new baby with the gathered congregation.My new friend who is an atheist returned -- and brought his...
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created. And yet I feel that I...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created. And yet I feel that I...
Jesus wasn't invited.He invaded.He wasn't expected.He appeared.And someone who invades without an invitation and who appears without an expectation invariably adds some inconvenience to your life. In the case of Jesus, many of the inconveniences land in Joseph's...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created. And yet I feel that I...
In my experience, when God speaks, he tends to repeat what he has already said.(Or, to be more precise, he repeats what he inspired biblical authors to say.)That's why, for example, when I was looking through some resumes in 2010 for a job we had open here, I quite...
Here I am with Latino Ministries Pastor Sammy Gonzalez at last weekend's Two Year Anniversary of our Spanish-speaking worship service.I was able to murmur a few words in espanol before turning the program back over to Sammy who is blessedly and thankfully...