As difficult as it may be to die for what you believe, it is more difficult (and more blessed) to live for what you believe.
Posts Tagged: easter
“I Am” Becomes “This Is” Because “You Are”
The Easter story is this. Love Wins. Life matters. Go and live as if you believe both to be true
"I Am" Becomes "This Is" Because "You Are"
The Easter story is this. Love Wins. Life matters. Go and live as if you believe both to be true
Where Expectation and the Incomprehensible Meet
One Easter Sunday morning, a Sunday School teacher gave a kindergarten girl an Easter egg. The little girl opened her bright, pastel-colored egg to find a slip of paper. Being that she just started reading, the little girl struggled to read her newly found message. She read, “He is . . . a raisin?” It… Read more »
Lenten Catalyst
On Monday evening we had our first Confirmation session of 2014, and I am so very excited about what we will be learning, and how we will be growing in faith together. Here are some of the questions we answered during our time together. Let’s see how you do: 1. The first creation story… Read more »
One-Liners
My mother has some great one-liners. Growing up in a small town in Mississippi, having great one-liners is a graduation requirement. There are her one-liners in the car: “I never nap in the car when your father is driving because I want to see the fatal crash.” “Is it pull-out-in-front-of-me day because there ain’t a… Read more »
An Idle Tale?
Many years ago my Father and I were walking along the beach and I asked him, “How do you know God exists?” He thought for a moment. Then he said, “Do you see that flock of seagulls hovering over the water there? I know that there is a school of fish just below the surface. … Read more »
Love Wins . . .
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void. Darkness covered the face of the deep and God’s spirit hovered over the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light, and God saw the light and it was good. Day after day God’s… Read more »
Do You Remember the Story? Easter 5 A
Do you remember the story? This is what the Motion Picture Association of America is asking. The summer is here and it is full of summer blockbusters, but interestingly, some of the biggest movies are sequels. We have Cars 2 and Pirates of theCaribbean4 and Harry Potter 7.5. The motion picture industry knows us… Read more »
Pastoral Prayer, Sunday Easter 2 A
Gracious God, father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, in whom we receive living hope, may we who have received forgiveness of sins through the Holy Spirit live to set others free, until we enter the inheritance that is imperishable and unfading. Holy Father, you raised up Jesus Christ as your faithful witness and… Read more »