One of the hardest things about maintaining faith in God is the seemingly unanswered prayers. We all have what seems like unanswered prayers. And it only gets harder as those unanswered prayers seem to come when we are praying for dire things. When I was young, I was bullied quite a bit in school. I … [Read more…]
Trusting in a God that we cannot see is possibly the most difficult in times of change, when it becomes easier to rely on the old familiar idols to bring us comfort. Our idols may not be golden calves or bulls, but we do have our idols. They just come with different faces. Sometimes it … [Read more…]
Have you ever found yourself seemingly lost when it comes to making the appropriate decision in life? Some decisions we are expected to make have no clear right or wrong answer. We all come across life questions that don’t necessarily have clear answers to them. So, knowing what to do and how to react at … [Read more…]
Who likes to go to jury duty? Anybody? It seems to me that before I was married every opportunity they had I was being called for jury duty. It is a terrible waste of a day just so the lawyers can hear that I am a clergy person and I work with children and so … [Read more…]
This morning as we continue our long weekends for Memorial Day, I think it is important for us to remember why we celebrate Memorial Day. It was established as a way to bring the two sides of the civil war, the confederates and the union soldiers, together to pay respect to all those who lost … [Read more…]
