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QTM for 11/29/19: YES, YOU DO
“Hey, you know that song?” “Hmmph?” “Sorry. That one, ah, Christmas song that says ‘I have no gift to bring’? That one?” “Sure. What about it?” “Well, I don’t.” My permanent sense of humor almost bit, but I heard no lightness or neutrality in his tone. It wasn’t a lure. He wasn’t being dark, not … Continue reading
2nd Cup of Coffee, 8/15/19: CAN I DRIVE?
Sunday morning we were singing: “We fall down, we lay our crowns, at the feet of Jesus The greatness of mercy and love, at the feet of Jesus And we cry, “Holy, holy, holy…” We cry, “Holy, holy, holy…” We cry, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lamb.” The setting is There. We who have walked with … Continue reading
2nd Cup of Coffee for 4/16/18: MIGHT AS WELL FAITH THE FACTS
It is a thing of pleasure to listen to a masterful communicator. Our lead pastor is one. Yesterday morning’s message was a piece of a series, the theme of which is seeing Jesus for who He is, and working to follow in that understanding as authentically as possible. Studying in Luke 18, Pastor Brent ended … Continue reading
QTMs for Good Friday, 3/30/18: HANG IT ON THE CROSS
There was nothing more hideous and embarrassing than dying on a Roman cross. It’s natural to associate it with all the despair and ugliness surrounding the event of Jesus’s crucifixion. I submit the Cross of Christ as God’s ultimate symbol of love for me. I couldn’t free myself from my habits, my hatreds, my favorite … Continue reading
2nd Cup of Coffee for 10/19/17: 4 WAYS TO PUT SOME PUNCH IN YOUR LOVE LIFE
Readers make the best writers. I’ve read that. When you read a lot of the good, challenging, uplifting kind of stuff, you can’t help being helped by it. I read this morning: “Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly.” ~ 1 Corinthians 13:13, The Message “In the end, only three things matter: how much … Continue reading
QTMs for 10/14/17: THROUGH = HUMBLE
Given a choice? I’ll take OVER OR AROUND for $400, Alex. I’ve been through. I know the wisdom of acceding to God’s timing and will in leading me through things in this life. I’ve lived long enough I do NOT go hunting for more through. If it’s all the same to the Lord, I’m through … Continue reading
100-Word Stroll, 6/29/17: MORE THAN A MERE MEME
They’re written and decorated different, yet all seem to agree: “All I need is some coffee and a whole lotta Jesus!” Before you do that curly-lip thing and look for something more fun or creative, slosh some more joe in your cup and walk with me . . . With me, it started out with … Continue reading
QTMs, 2/21/17: YEAH, I DID, TOO.
One of the few things a religious zealot accomplishes is to reassure those he’s trying to convince that they want nothing to do with him or whatever model of Jesus he’s peddling. We are moving into the Lenten season, the lead-up to Easter Sunday. I know you know that. Easter bunnies, dancing eggs and fake grass is … Continue reading
QTMs for 1/7/17: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO
Sunday. Specifically, the second Sunday in January. People are still trickling back from wherever they’ve been for the holidays, winter travel is making tempers short and anxiety soar. Back-to-work deadlines loom. Piled-up tasks sneer: “We don’t back off for no stinkin’ holidays!” Worship attendance is sketchy as plans to attend ride the icy north winds into … Continue reading
QTMs for 11/17/16: THE GARBAGE MARGIN: CASTING FIRST STONES
It’s amazing how many know Bible accounts while disclaiming they believe any of it. Case in point: the ‘hoe’ the priests and their sycophants threw to the ground before Jesus. “Whichever one of you is innocent and totally sinless, how about you throwing the first rock?” “Garbage Margin” is that wide space you give everyone around you … Continue reading