Everyone loved Gen. There was no shortage of volunteers ready to leap at the opportunity to drop something off, to make a call or to check-in with her. I knew her first as one of those gracious women who welcome the new pastor into a community. Still active, she was busy volunteering, checking in with […]
Tracy was a psychic. She was a member of a church I once served. It wasn’t that she had some extraordinary gift where she could see into the future. She had simply responded to a “help wanted” ad one day and got a job on a physic hotline. People would call and as she talked […]
Covid19 exaggerates. The grieving, grieve more deeply. Troubled couples are further troubled. People struggling with mental health issues need more support. Children with academic issues have increased stress. Addicts must work harder at sobriety. Farmers, living on the brink of disaster, edge closer to bankruptcy. Disparities in health care rest unequally on the poor. The […]
I have always liked preaching on Pentecost. That day when the wind of God’s spirit blew life into God’s people. The arrival of Pentecost this year has been eerily different. Living near the epicenter of violence surrounding George Floyd’s death by police, cast a pall of emotions over every aspect of life. My Facebook pages […]
Some days you just have to cry out in pain. This week has been filled with those moments as we passed 100,000 Covid19 related deaths. The New York Times listing of just 1000 names was numbing to the mind and the heart. One hundred thousand lives lost and counting. Covid19 is far from over as […]
I have been attending the virtual Festival of Homiletics this week, which has been a gift in these pandemic times. As Covid19 has swept around the world, most speakers have spent time talking about how it has impacted us. Some are reminding us that God is always here, always present even when we aren’t so […]
Corrine lived next door to a small church I served in rural Minnesota. We knew her as a person who pitched in and helped out where needed. It was easy to depend on her for many things. In fact, we depended on her for more than we even realized. One day Corrine got sick and […]
