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: love
A Good Father
What does it mean to be a good father? What does it mean to be a bad father? Let me first offer some assumptions about fatherhood so that I neither lead you astray nor steal away your time. It is challenging to be a good father without first being a good husband. Even though I… Read more »
How Many Times Must I Forgive?
My wife makes incredible chicken salad. The ingredients are chicken, mayo, mustard, and unicorn tears. It’s delicious. One evening after having chicken salad for supper Christie gathered the leftovers, put them in the fridge, and said, “I’m going to eat this for lunch tomorrow. Is that ok.” “Of course,” I reply. The next day I… Read more »
Beyond the Cards: A Mother’s Day Reflection
The importance of Mother’s Day goes beyond the cards and gifts and time. Cards and gifts and time are certainly needed in order to express our love and appreciation for moms and those who offer a mothering spirit, but the celebration of Mother’s Day keeps our attention focused on the status and role of women… Read more »
Beyond the Cards: A Mother's Day Reflection
The importance of Mother’s Day goes beyond the cards and gifts and time. Cards and gifts and time are certainly needed in order to express our love and appreciation for moms and those who offer a mothering spirit, but the celebration of Mother’s Day keeps our attention focused on the status and role of women… 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 »
The Beatles, Meatloaf, and Love Abide . . .
What am I to say about love? Culturally we seem to be confused about just what love is. The Beatles suggest that you can’t buy it and it’s the only thing you need. The band, “Nazareth” suggests that love hurts. The Righteous Brothers tell us that we can lose that loving feeling, but according to… 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 »
Who’s Wasting What? Luke 15:11-32
One Saturday morning during my second year in seminary I sat down at the computer to check our bank balance. When I logged into the account I saw that the numbers of the checking account were red. In my naiveté I thought the website had made some artistic changes to the web layout. I thought,… Read more »