Archive for November 2018
Thanksgiving Theotokos
During my pastor years I dreaded Thanksgiving. It was SO OBVIOUSLY an American observation unique to this country which had no significance for other cultures, no historical significance in the Christian Church, and no Scriptural mandate. It really didn’t even begin with the Pilgrims! President Lincoln declared it a holiday in 1863 during the Civil…
Read MoreRejected Roses
Most of my days begin with an early morning walk. It gives me an opportunity to contemplate my morning meditation and appreciate the dawning of a new day. And also to occasionally find something that has been lost or thrown away. Some of the objects are pure trash, but others are treasures. I’ve found money,…
Read MoreFather Stephen
“Love the Lord your God and Love your Neighbor as your Self” I’ve heard that passage preached a plethora of times. But never with the power that I heard it proclaimed last Sunday. My sister Sue was visiting me from Wisconsin. She loves the southern part of Colorado, and so we took a little weekend…
Read MoreMessy Love
“This is Love . . . “ God’s love is messy. Messy love for messy lives. But that’s not what we want. We want the “Happily Ever After” fairy tale love. We want the kind of love we see in the movies or read in romance novels (no, I don’t actually read them!). That’s the…
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