Sadly, I notice in me an aversion to prayer. Not all types of prayer – blessing a meal, praying for a friend, our world, etc.. – but particularly my midday prayer. It’s in my calendar and accompanied by an alarm, but nonetheless it is often subject to the snooze button or disregarded altogether. My dislike for midday prayer becomes most …
What’s your favorite food? What’s your favorite movie? Your favorite novel? Or your favorite record album? These are some of the fun questions we ask, to get to know each other better, to see what interests we have in common, or simply to pass the time. Sometimes these interchanges are fun, and sometimes they can lead to arguments (“I can’t …
We’ve been looking at the Old Testament Book of Ruth in our small group and trying to see the story freshly, through the eyes of those who would have read the story when it was written. Our American world in the 21st century is wildly different than what Naomi, Ruth and Boaz experienced. There are crazy customs that we would …
“There is no one like Jesus, there is no one like him. We walk, we turn, we search; there is no one like him.” If you attended GRC’s 20th Anniversary Celebration on September 21st, you may have heard some kids and adults from our congregation singing these words. If you are like me (and I admit, I’m partial), hearing those …
At the Versailles Peace Conference of 1919, following an adoring reception by thousands of Parisians, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson told assembled leaders that they had the chance to establish peace where all others had failed. He added that “Even Jesus Christ had failed because he gave us the ideal without devising a practical scheme to attain it.” This from a …