Our current worship series at The Well, “Sherlock’s Home: Observing God in the Everyday” is to point us toward finding God’s presence in what we typically might view as mundane, ordinary, and unimportant. Just yesterday I had the opportunity (some opportunity, right?) to mow our backyard. It is no secret that I love to do… Read more »
Posts Tagged: grace
The TROUBLE of TRIVIAL PURSUIT
My daughter, Isabelle, doesn’t like to keep her feet on the floor, both physically and metaphorically. When she was a toddler we would often find her standing on the kitchen table. I would say in a stern voice, “Don’t stand on the table.” Later, as if nothing had happened, she would again be on the… Read more »
Genesis Bible Study Part 2
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Experiencing the Sacred: By Water and the Spirit
Listen the message here: My mother is preschool teacher at FUMC Pearl River. She called me this week to share a story that two little boys were having in her classroom. One child asked my mother if he was going to die one day. My mother said, “Everything that has a beginning has an ending. … Read more »
Experiencing the Sacred: Grace
Click here to listen: There’s a tension in the air. Maybe it’s not so obvious. The Christmas tree is still in the sanctuary. The herald angels still echo, fading into memory. Most of the world has moved on, so to speak. Carols have become countdowns. The baby in the manger now has 2014 bannered… Read more »
Noon Year’s Eve
Having three daughters under the age of seven, New Year’s Eve is a trying occasion. For two years our eldest daughter has wanted to stay awake until midnight. Although I respect her more literal interpretation of Matthew 25:13 (keep awake therefore . . . ), we end up carrying her to bed roundabout half-past ten. … Read more »
Noon Year's Eve
Having three daughters under the age of seven, New Year’s Eve is a trying occasion. For two years our eldest daughter has wanted to stay awake until midnight. Although I respect her more literal interpretation of Matthew 25:13 (keep awake therefore . . . ), we end up carrying her to bed roundabout half-past ten. … Read more »
Unlovable?
click here to listen: Podcast 071413 edited When I was in undergrad at LSU, several of my friends formed a club called the MEAN TEAM—Meat Eaters Across the Nation, Together Eating Assorted Meats. The team was formed in response to the Wesley Foundation’s policy on providing dinner. When a meat eater would prepare the meal… Read more »
In the Name of Love …
Listen Here: Sermon Several months ago, Jack and I were at a Board of Ordained Ministry meeting together, and he asked me how Broadmoor—Shreveport was going and I asked him how The Well was treating him. He asked me where I was headed after Broadmoor. “I don’t know,” I said. “It would be good to be… Read more »
Leaving the Water Jar Behind
In general there are “Big picture people” and there are those who “Miss the forest because of the trees.” In my few years of ministry I have found that most are “Details people” when it comes to the things about which one truly cares. There is a small, seemingly insignificant detail recorded in Jesus’ meeting… Read more »