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Peace in the Neighborhood

Even though it happens every year, I cannot get used to it. Just when the day begins, the day seems to be over. I don’t know if it’s more correct to say that less light fills the day, or that the darkness seems to be growing. I guess it depends on your perspective. When the… Read more »

Coffee House Sanctuary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsSVXBZh9eM “This is the story of David vs. Goliath,” a business owner told the reporter. The British Broadcasting Corporation recently ran a story about the potential closing of Highland Coffees, a local coffee shop just off the Louisiana State University campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. When news of the expected closing hit social media (Facebook,… Read more »

The Red and Blue of a Super Tuesday

Earlier this week a group of clergy gathered to discuss the “p” word. I’m not sure if I can even mention it in polite conversation, but they talked about politics. It started innocently enough with the hushed, over-the-shoulder question, “So, who are you going to vote for?” Soon thereafter I heard, “How can you be… Read more »

Church is Not a Place

Jesus had died, was raised, and ascended to be with God. The Holy Spirit was given to the apostles who were there in Jerusalem celebrating Pentecost. Peter became full of the Spirit, and preached to the crowd who had gathered. Three thousand people came forward and joined the movement, and scripture says that awe came… Read more »

Money Ain't Got No Soul

Money ain’t got no soul. Money ain’t got no heart . . . because it can’t.

Money Ain’t Got No Soul

Money ain’t got no soul. Money ain’t got no heart . . . because it can’t.

How Much is Enough?

How much is enough? The author of Proverbs 30 offers interesting reflection–“Two things I ask of you; do not deny them to me before I die: Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that I need, or I shall be full, and deny you,… Read more »

Three-Sided Ice Bucket . . . or is it Four?

Have you seen the “Ice Bucket Challenge?” If you’ve spent more than five minutes on Facebook you’ve probably already been tagged and challenged. The Ice Bucket Challenge is a short video challenging others to either donate $100 to the ALS Association or donate only $25 and make up the difference by dumping a bucket of… Read more »

The Sad Clown

“The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant. And we definitely added to his pile of good things” (Doctor Who, Season 5,… Read more »

Omnificence–Psalm 139

If I place an opened cookie jar on the table in the middle of my three daughters, I’m pretty sure I know what is going to happen. Isabelle will negotiate an agreement to obtain a cookie. Annaleigh will bat her eyes and ask through pouted lips, “Daddy, can I have a cookie?” Cecilia will impatiently… Read more »