April 2020
April 14
Day 31: Why is this Happening? Perhaps for some of us, our understanding of the gospel begins with Genesis chapter 3 - the whole snake and apple bit. We know Creation is broken. We see it today. And we all contribute to it. My friend Mike Larsen helpfully shows us what the "Instead of this […]
April 13
Day 30: Easter Christians My calendar app says today is "Easter Monday." New to me. I Googled it. Didn't learn much. For most of us, the Monday after Easter is when pastors and leaders recover, when churches pat themselves on the back, when we eat less than the day before. While a lot of Christians […]
April 12
Day 29: Promise None of us have experienced an Easter Sunday morning quite like this. (Thank you, Pastor Obvious!) We all have Easter memories of some kind. Maybe your memories include dressing up for church, maybe a basket of chocolate, or ham at dinner. Maybe looking for (or hiding) eggs...that come from a rabbit. Maybe […]
April 11
Day 28: Hope-filled waiting I experienced public shaming yesterday. None of it verbal, but real none the less. People saw me and covered up. I was a leper. My crime? Not wearing a face mask. Without a face mask, there are now two places I cannot go in town without being (at least) non-verbally shamed: […]