(1 Samuel 16:1-13, John 9:1-41) One of the reasons someone goes to boot camp is to redefine something about themselves. Often, that focus is on the physique, but there are boot camps for company CEOs and employees that focus on redefining company branding or management style. As we enter our fourth week of Soul Boot…
(John 4:1-26) Is there anything else as miraculous as water? Search the cosmos for other signs of life. So far, planet Earth is the only blue planet. It is the vast oceans of our world that have made it possible for all the life forms we know to develop on our planet. The first creation…
All of us see the world, ourselves, and God, not as they are, but as WE are. If you are bitter and angry and suspicious and fearful, you will see these things in the world and in God. If you are loving and generous, you will see these things in the world and in God. …
March 1, 2020 (Matthew 4:1-11) So, here we are in our first week of Soul Boot Camp. Boot camp is all about making necessary changes through hard work. In Lent, we are invited to a similar season of introspection; a time of discernment of sin and all that separates us from the knowledge of the…
February 23 (Matthew 17:1-9) Freweini Mebrahtu is the 2019 CNN Hero of the Year. She works in rural Ethiopia to remove the stigma that occurs when young women begin their menstrual cycle. A stigma that can lead to these girls missing several days of school or dropping out entirely. She was honored last December at…
February 2, 2020 (Joel 2:1-2, 12-17) Advent has always been, hands down, my favorite season of the church year. The happiness, the joy of anticipation, the hope shining in a star, the birth of a child… it all adds a hopeful newness to my soul. In all honesty, it doesn’t hurt that there are brightly…
