QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS
(John 18:33-37) If you’re a parent, then you know all about being peppered with questions, especially when the kids are little. Some little tykes want to know where the moon goes in the morning, or how God made them. One child wanted to know if his mom had to stay indoors when she was little…
CONFESS PROJECT
(Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-25) Barber poles are red, white, and blue – a tradition that has nothing to do with the colors of the American flag. The colors go back to the Middle Ages. Back then, people went to the barbershop for more than a haircut. They looked for barbers to perform medical procedures, including bloodletting.…
PENNY POWER
(Mark 12:38-44) It’s time to do the grocery shopping. Perhaps this is a once-a-week ritual for your family of four. The shopping cart is full – cereal, milk, soda, protein bars, coffee, green vegetables, chicken, hamburger and more. Now you’re at the checkout counter and the total is $319.47. The checkout person asks you a…
SECURITY
(Ruth 1:1-18) “The land of opportunity.” That’s where they were bound. Times were tough. Money was short. Work was hard to come by. And so the four of them – husband, wife and two sons – pulled up stakes and journeyed to a far country. They came to stay. They did what they had to…
SMART GLASSES
(Mark 10:36-52) Wearable tech is all the rage these days. Smart watches can track your workouts, monitor your health, answer your phone … and even tell the time! Virtual reality goggles make you feel like you’re inside the video game you’re playing. Chances are just about everyone you’re talking to is wearing some kind of…
SEPARATION ANXIETY
(Psalm 22:1-15) Brigette Jensen (not her real name) of Elk River, Minnesota has stories to tell about the first day of school. She’s a school bus driver for kindergarten and first-grade kids. She remembers picking up 5-year-old Jolene Johansson on her first day of kindergarten. As Jensen drives down a dirt lane in the country,…
CHURCH?
(Acts 4:32-35) What is the church? We have been doing a lot of talk recently about the meaning of church. As we have had to say, “Good bye” to a building that has meant so much to so many people through almost 120 years, we have to remind ourselves that this church has existed for…
WONDER WOMAN
(Esther 7:1-6, 9-10) Edie Falco, who played a mob wife on The Sopranos and a junkie on Nurse Jackie, appeared in an eponymous role on Tommy as the first female police chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. You may not have caught her in action. The show was cancelled after one season. Still, Falco’s…