On NPR this morning, as I was drifting into wakefulness, I heard how Senator Arlen Specter faced a crowd in uproar over health care reform at a Lebanon town meeting. President Obama fared only a little better in Maine. There are lots of questions and issues needing to be addressed, but also lots of unfounded rumors flying around as well. At the moment, I am not trying to … [Read more...] about Uproar
Archives for August 2009
It’s Monday night
So Mondays are the day to take a look at what's coming up for Sunday. We're in John 7 this week, so I'm skimming through it, wondering where I will settle. It was a tough chapter to memorize, and I suspect maybe even a tougher one to preach on. But since we were speaking of doubts a few days ago (and Becca and I did have a great discussion about doubts; see previous post), … [Read more...] about It’s Monday night
Bare wood
I do not have to preach this Sunday. A gifted young woman in our congregation will be speaking a message that God has put on her heart. That leaves me with space, treasured space. I will fill some of that space with great conversation with my daughter who's taking the train up from the city this afternoon. And some of that space will be spent watching a crew remove the old … [Read more...] about Bare wood
Where’s wisdom when you need it?
Where's wisdom when you need it? I am definitely not feeling wise lately. On the other hand, I am not feeling particularly unwise either. To be unwise sounds so harsh. I actually looked "unwise" up, I'm that desperate today. I found some synonyms for "unwise": imprudent, ill-advised, unsound, unreasonable, short-sighted, (it gets worse) foolish, senseless, reckless, … [Read more...] about Where’s wisdom when you need it?