I love to read! As a pastor who is also a librarian, you might never guess that. April can tell you that in just about every free moment I have (which admittedly are not abundant), you will likely see me with a book in my hands: waiting in the doctor’s office, in the moments before
When I was a kid, my brother and I loved playing the game “Opposite Day.” Have you ever done this? When we played the “Opposite Day” game, we would try to say the opposite of what we meant all day long. If someone asked, “What’s your favorite food?” We’d answer, “Vegetables,” and then start laughing.
At our pastors text study group this week, one of our members shared about a skit he read in a book a long time ago. The skit featured a married couple who kept track of their grievances with each other and how many times they had to forgive each other by making tally marks on
Eleanor Shellstrop is a self-centered, party hard thirtysomething on the television show The Good Place. All of her relationships are shallow, including her relationships with her seeming best friends and roommates. She does what she wants when she wants, largely because she truly believes the only thing that matters in life is doing what makes
In our gospel reading for this morning, Peter rebukes Jesus for talking about the coming suffering of the Messiah. Jesus responds to him by saying, “You are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” Now, I don’t know about you, but I often set my mind on human things rather than
When I was a teenager, I had no interest in driving. So, my parents couldn’t take away my keys when I misbehaved because that wasn’t really a punishment for me. For my brother, though? There was nothing worse in the whole world than losing his keys, and along with them, his freedom. All my parents
When I was a kid, my brother and I loved playing the game “Opposite Day.” Have you ever done this? When we played the “Opposite Day” game, we would try to say the opposite of what we meant all day long. If someone asked, “What’s your favorite food?” We’d answer, “Vegetables,” and then start laughing.
At our pastors text study group this week, one of our members shared about a skit he read in a book a long time ago. The skit featured a married couple who kept track of their grievances with each other and how many times they had to forgive each other by making tally marks on
Eleanor Shellstrop is a self-centered, party hard thirtysomething on the television show The Good Place. All of her relationships are shallow, including her relationships with her seeming best friends and roommates. She does what she wants when she wants, largely because she truly believes the only thing that matters in life is doing what makes
In our gospel reading for this morning, Peter rebukes Jesus for talking about the coming suffering of the Messiah. Jesus responds to him by saying, “You are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” Now, I don’t know about you, but I often set my mind on human things rather than
When I was a teenager, I had no interest in driving. So, my parents couldn’t take away my keys when I misbehaved because that wasn’t really a punishment for me. For my brother, though? There was nothing worse in the whole world than losing his keys, and along with them, his freedom. All my parents