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A Busman’s Holiday

by | Apr 11, 2015 | Uncategorized

For years I was aware of my grandmother and at least two of her four sisters from time to time having yard sales together.  They would gather at one another’s homes, gather their excess items or handmade crafts or rooted plants they had cultivated and spend the...

Seeing is Believing….an Easter Message

by | Apr 6, 2015 | Easter

Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015 Trinity UMC              “Seeing is Believing” Scripture:   John 20:1-18 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she...

Pray Continually……..

by | Apr 4, 2015 | Uncategorized

I know I will catch some flak for this, but I must say I have been disapointed by the anemic attendance of Holy Week services….30 on weekday mornings for devotional time…Wednesday night footwashing and communion…maybe 175. Tenebrae….maybe the...

In the Company of Women….

by | Apr 4, 2015 | Uncategorized

Imagine yourself as one of the women who walked to Jesus’ tomb early on that Sunday morning……   John 20:1, 11-16   Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb……..  Now Mary stood...

The “Greater Yes”

by | Mar 30, 2015 | spiritual life

March 30, 2015 Over the weekend I had written about the “no’s” that are sometimes necessary in one’s life. On Palm Sunday, spiritual director Christianne Squires wrote about our “greater yes”. Here is her Sunday email newsletter, A Cup of Sunday Quiet: “I’m...

Saying “No”…..

by | Mar 29, 2015 | Prayer, Trust

A few weeks ago I was asked to do something as a counselor that would have challenged and stretched me greatly.  It was a counseling challenge on several points.  I was not afraid of the challenge itself, although the circumstances were quite a bit out of my general...

Reprise…..from July 23, 2005

by | Mar 29, 2015 | Biblical Counseling

I realized that I have writing in a weblog format for nearly 10 years.   In going back to some of my early posts, I thought it might be interesting to share some of them now……This is one I on which I got a recent comment.  Thou preparest a feast in the...