Star Words
Now, if you’d like me to draw a star WITH a word on it for you, I can still do that!
Lost in Translation: Rethinking the Birth of Jesus
How we imagine Jesus’ birth shapes how we understand community, hospitality, and our responsibility to one another.
Jesus Came
This morning morning at ‘Breakfast With Jesus,’ our casual worship service around tables with food, I read Papa Panov’s Special Christmas, where an old man waits to see Jesus all day, and in the meantime, welcomes a variety of people into his home: feeds, clothes and shelters them. He was disappointed at the end of…
Ancient Words, Contemporary Words
The powerful words of The Encampment were written by Sara Jewell.
Friday Five – Christmas Version!
1. What’s your favorite Christmas carol? O Come, All Ye Faithful, more for the stirring music than the words. 2. What’s one you could go a long while without hearing? Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire. 3. What’s your favorite “secular” Christmas song (ie, with Santa, reindeer, etc) So This Christmas, although the message is very sacred.…
Friday Five – 11th Day of Christmas
It’s Friday Five over at RevGagBlogPals and today’s prompt is about the 11th day of Christmas. Not having any natural ‘elevens’ in my life, I offer 11 Christmas memories! The year I was six, I think my mother had been in the hospital due to some complications related to pregnancy, and so the tree wasn’t…
Belong, Believe, Behave
What a week! Another star story! (Members of the Riverview congregation have been sharing stories of how their ‘star word’ from last year had an impact on their lives) Presidential inauguration of someone whose statements put him in opposition to what Jesus said was important. Marches across and around the world…Millions of people coming together in…
Candle Light, Sacred Light
Advent Hymn – Candle Light, Sacred Light – Tune – Silent Night Candle light, sacred light. Mystery flames, burning bright We are waiting for Jesus’ new birth. Shine his hope over all of the earth. Thanks for the gift of hope, thanks for the gift of hope. Candle light, sacred light. Mystery flames, burning bright…
Star Words – Starwards
What word will guide you in 2017?
Friday Five: Lists
Over at RevGals is Friday Five time and this time its all about lists that we make. Personal… professional… seasonal… and at this time of year, they all collide. I used to make separate personal and church lists on paper, although I tried to use the same notebook, but that became unproductive as I never…
My Window on God's World 