I got out of a meeting a little while ago with the two Minnesota State Representatives from the neighborhood around the church. They confirmed what I had long suspected; in state government (as well as national, I think,) there’s a growing entrenchment between the two political parties, and a sense of meanness, penalties for compromise more »
Once again today I was faced with the tough reality of how to decide and what to decide. Sometimes there’s so much to sort through that even figuring out what to decide and how to decide it is frustrating. Helping a people to move along in the decision process is not an easy thing (heck, more »
Monday was a semi-productive day; I’m trying to discern whether that’s a good thing in that it was semi-productive, or a bad thing in that it was only semi-productive. In our society being semi-productive is looked down upon; we’re supposed to produce, be effective, accomplish, and move things forward. The only thing about that is that more »
I preached this morning on the subject of temptation, following the temptations of Jesus in the 4th chapter of Luke. I’ve got a lot of questions about that story — the fact that it’s one of the few stories in Scripture where Jesus is alone (so how do we know the story happened that way? more »
Friday night I went out on some errands. I failed to succeed in getting anything I set out to get, but instead of getting uptight/upset about it, I turned it into a journey of discovery. I journeyed out into the Western suburbs on Hwy. 7, and came back on Hwy. 5, and in so doing more »
Today is my Sabbath, my day off. I try, sometimes not very hard, to stay away from the office/church on Fridays. Staying away from work-related thoughts is something different, however. A sabbath is supposed to be a day of rest and reflection; however, I seem to use my day off to get other stuff done more »
Wednesday night we had an Ash Wednesday service with our co-Christians in the Spirit of St. Stephens Catholic Community. The day marks the beginning of Lent, a season which observes Jesus’ journey to the Cross. It’s supposed to be a time of repentance, reflection, and sacrifice. Of course, in my Lenten journey I’m already having more »
Greetings, brothers and sisters: My associate/communications guru, Dennis Sanders, has been bugging me for months to start blogging on our web-site, and has even put my newsletter articles in to offer encouragement (or was it pressure?) Anyway, one of my Lenten sacrifices will be to TRY offering a daily posting, in the hope that after more »
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