August 2020
August 19
Day 158: Sojourners and Foreigners After a week's break to be with family in California (thank you for indulging me!) I find myself now back in rain country. Leaving temps in the 100's and returning home to the land summer forgot is a transition indeed. Each time I find myself in California I feel myself […]
August 11
Day 150: See You Again This blog posting thing has occupied an hour of my mornings for now the past 150 days. Weekdays and weekends both. Usually only possible after two cups of coffee. Honestly, I thought it would be a nothing more than a short-lived, stop gap effort to connect with our church. Of […]
August 10
Day 149: Loony Bin I preached a sermon yesterday on the Church. Entitled, "We Believe God Sends." While there have certainly been times when I would have finished the sentence, "God Sends...me to the loony bin," I remain optimistic for the Church in this age. But, my optimism is not in the absence of reality, […]
August 9
Day 148: Final Reforms The Jerusalem rebuilding project was completed, and Nehemiah returned to his overlord in Persia. After some time, he was permitted to return to Jerusalem. What he found disappointed him. The walls were rebuilt, but the people had reverted to living broken lives. Chapter 13 is thus correctly entitled, "Final Reforms." The […]