Seeking Beauty When Times Seem Dark
Painting is therapy for me.
May this image help you today.
Good Grace to You | The Art Pastor’s Guide to Thanksgiving
A Thanksgiving gift to you. Good grace, joy, and favor to you this year.
A Meditation for All Hallow’s Eve
Today is Halloween—technically, All Hallows’ Eve—and I want to reflect on why we are so fixated on the day before a thing in our society. All Hallows’ Eve, according to European legend, is the night before All Saints’ Day. The focus of the whole event should...
No King but Jesus
A Reflection on Christ the King Christ the King Sunday can be a difficult topic to preach, especially for Citizens of the United States. It is baked into our Revolutionary DNA to distrust a king! Human kingdoms are built on the idea that one man has all the power....
Seek Shalom for Your Enemies
The Gospel reading this week tells the story of Jesus’ encounter with ten lepers in Luke 17:11-19. The geography of this story matters. Jesus is traveling from Galilee to Jerusalem. He is in a region “between Galilee and Samaria.” (Remember, the Jews in Jesus’ day...