A Visual Meditation on Love
We are preaching about love this weekend. Here is a visual meditation I did yesterday. Pray for Pastor Brandon and me as he preaches on the Hill and I preach by the Lake. Love and peace to you.
Teaching Luther’s Small Catechism at Camp Wapo
What do you get when you combine a over sixty middle school students, fifteen high school students, a bunch of energetic college students, a beautiful campground, an amazing staff of leaders and teachers, and Luther’s small Catechism? You get my week. I get to...Love, Hate, and the Good Life
The past few days has been a bizarre contrast of events for me. On one side there was love. I spent the weekend with twelve families from Easter at a family camp at Wapo. It was oozing with love and community. Yesterday we taught our first two sessions at Confirmation...
The Good Life and Spirituality
The Good Life Worship Series brings us to the topic of Spirituality this week. I am not preaching since I’m at Family Camp this weekend. However, I have a lot to say about Spirituality. In fact, my dissertation was about spirituality in the suburban context....The Bible and the Incarnation
I posted a visual meditation yesterday that contrasted two views of the Bible and two acronyms and asked readers to respond. All of my posts automatically push out to Facebook. Pam Wymore responded on that Facebook post with another acronym. It captured my imagination...What is the Purpose of the Bible?
This is a visual meditation that contrasts two ways to understand the nature and purpose of the Bible. This image has been percolating in my mind for a while. The daily devo from Clergy Stuff this morning inspired me to actually draw it out. I invite you to meditate...Middle School and the Good Life
Is it possible to experience The Good Life while sleeping on a tile floor on a deflated air mattress in the basement of a church, leading a group of middle school students 24/7 for a whole week? I stand to confess that yes, it is possible–not easy–but...
Speaking the Truth in Love
Paul’s definition of maturity and unity in the body of Christ is the ability to speak the truth in love. Truth without love is cold, harsh, and often cruel. Love without truth is sentimental and often enabling.
