A congregation member once told me that she’d attended a Hickory Crawdads game and her section had won a prize. The whole section of the stadium was abuzz. What did they win? Free tickets to a game? A Crawdads t-shirt? A new car?! It turns out, each person in the section was given one can...
Today is Ash Wednesday. The ashes for today’s services were prepared by burning the palm branches from last year’s Palm Sunday. The distant shouts of Hosanna still ring in our memory. But for now, we make a turn. We have burned the palms and start with ash. We offer two services today— one at noon...
How often do you think of yourself as an autonomous, independent, self-made individual? We live in a society that particularly celebrates individualism. This is not necessarily bad unless it disconnects us from the community. Because God made us as relational beings who do best when we are part of a supportive community. Have you ever...
We have only two weeks left of The Story Of David series. This coming Sunday we will study his well known fall from grace. David committed both murder and adultery. We’ll explore the story more fully on Sunday, but for now, I’d like to examine the prayer he wrote to God after doing these horrific...
