Posted in Faith, Nature, Thyme on 43UTC2710UTC0827pm07, OctpmSat, 27 Oct 2007 13:50:08 +00002007-10-27T13:50:08+00:0001 21, 2007 | 5 Comments »
My Thyme Garden in the summer of 2005:
My Thyme Garden in the autumn of 2007:
Some things in life just take thyme, and occasional weeding.
Is there something in your
life that needs its own sense of thyme
in order to flourish?
Posted in Community, Creativity, Faith, Pain on 43UTC2610UTC1126pm07, OctpmFri, 26 Oct 2007 12:31:11 +00002007-10-26T12:31:11+00:0012 21, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Christine, at Abbey of the Arts, has been hosting a poetry party; this week’s theme is “Beauty of Broken Things” with this image below as a prompt.
She invites you to participate, see here for details and the wonderful and rich words others have submitted. Here’s my offering:
Honor
Can I honor this pain?
Can I dare call it [...]
Posted in Faith, Grief, Hope, Nature, Seasons, Worship on 43UTC2410UTC3524pm07, OctpmWed, 24 Oct 2007 20:21:35 +00002007-10-24T20:21:35+00:0008 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Pine Island Presbyterian Church
I sure don’t remember the name Eutychus as one of the Bible characters I heard about in Sunday School nor do I remember it from seminary. But there he is in the book of Acts, sitting next to a window while listening to Paul preach. Paul carries on for a while, a [...]
Posted in Community, Faith, New Life, Worship on 42UTC1610UTC2016pm07, OctpmTue, 16 Oct 2007 13:01:20 +00002007-10-16T13:01:20+00:0001 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday, October 14, 2007 at
Pine Island Presbyterian Church
Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile:
build homes, plant gardens, become family. Sing the Lord’s song in this foreign land.
In essence: bloom where you are planted.
But what if, and I may start sounding like the Israelites,
what if this exile is in the [...]
Posted in Community, Faith, Hospitality, Worship on 41UTC1110UTC0611pm07, OctpmThu, 11 Oct 2007 15:02:06 +00002007-10-11T15:02:06+00:0003 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite memories of my Reformed Theology class in seminary was the discussion about children and Holy Communion. During this time my daughters were 5 and 8 and the professor was also the mother of a young child so that added credence to her statement. She spoke of the practical theology of inviting young children [...]
