In the last few blog posts I have been thinking about humility, the lack of it in our culture and in ourselves, the importance of it when we find it. Granted, humility is not the most popular topic to write about, but here's one more thing to say about it.Last week, I went on a working mission trip to help with the long rebuilding of the New Jersey shore from hurricane … [Read more...] about Rebuilding Humility on the Jersey Shore
Archives for November 2013
Humility in the face of all saints
Tomorrow we celebrate All Saints Day, although technically the festival of All Saints was November 1. We Lutherans are not very good at going to mid-week services, so we postpone the celebration until Sunday. This year the list of our congregation's saints who have died and entered the "church triumphant" is especially long. In fact, it is heart-rending. We … [Read more...] about Humility in the face of all saints