“...when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters...” Scroll down … [Read more...]
The Front Gate of Summer
From my living room and front porch I often observe visitors to the Finger Lakes unloading their cars, trucks, or SUVs and carrying the contents into their nearby temporary airbnb getaway. Sometimes … [Read more...]
Day of Flame
Check out the YouTube version by scrolling below Okay, okay... there are so many images in the readings from today that make no literal sense -- in other words, literally they are … [Read more...]
Subversion
Unfortunately, subversiveness is a two-way street. Former President Trump and the minion of congressional and state political leaders who support him, have long engaged in a persistent campaign of … [Read more...]
Exit Stage Left
Reflection for 7 Easter For video version scroll to the end The three-year ministry of Jesus is Act One in a three-act play. The betrayal, arrest, trial, and execution is Act Two. The … [Read more...]
Successful Ineffectiveness
Vaclav Havel was a dissident when Czechoslovakia was Communist and then became the first president of the Czech Republic as the Soviet Union dissolved. He was a well-known writer and playwright before … [Read more...]
An Inside-Outside Game
PREACHING TEXTS Acts 17:22-31 John 14:15-21 “Streetlights hide the glimmer of lesser stars” by Bryce J. Christensen Streetlights hide the glimmer of lesser stars. My weak telescope wobbles on … [Read more...]
The Beholder Beheld
Last winter, on a sunny day when a cold wet snow blanketed the ground and tree limbs were naked, I sat by the lake with Rabia and wondered if the rolling white fields I was seeing across the lake … [Read more...]
Well, I’ll be doggone…
...There is no new sermon this morning. Yep, someone gave me the day off, can you believe it? But come on into the website and look around -- there are literally hundreds of archived sermons and … [Read more...]
Shh, I’m sleeping!
I woke up this morning and discovered there were people being unfairly treated, people I had noticed before but never really thought about. Now that I have awakened to their plight, maybe I can lend … [Read more...]
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