If Christianity was a Movie, Easter would be the finale. Big orchestral piece, choirs singing, the stars looking on in amazement as Christ again walked among them. Then credits, cathartic music, and everyone walks to the parking lot to go…
“He is Risen” is such a weird sentence when you really think about it.Surely we mean that Christ was Resurrected two thousand years ago,right? And yet, that isn’t what we sing on Easter Morning. Instead,we sing “Christ The Lord IS…
As we enter into the Season of Lent, I think it is important toremember who precisely we are supposed to be. We are notperfect. We are not God. We are not the glorious angelic choirsent to dispense perfect justice to…
As I am writing this I am awaiting a cold snap, to hit tonight and tomorrow, which, in all likelihood, will be the coldest the winter gets this year. We’ve already cancelled choir and handbell practice for tonight, and I’m…
I think a lot, sometimes, about the “Reason for the Season.” The importance of Christmas is often overstated. After all, of our four gospels, only four felt any need to discuss the birth of Christ. The Gospel of Mark begins…
Happy New Year! No, I didn’t send this out a month early. With Advent begins thenew Christian Liturgical Calendar, our New Year. No, I’m not going to quiz you on this. (Unless Lily asks for triviaquestions again next Lent… hmmm…)…
The Holidays are coming, and with them good food, good music, goodgatherings, the whole nine yards. But it also comes with heartbreakand sorrow. Empty seats at the table, in the sanctuary. Friends andfamily gone, sometimes from loss, other times from…