SHAPED BY LOVE
(Luke 2:25-35) These hands shape things. I learned the craft from my father. His father did the same thing. Bethlehem knows our pottery. Most everyone in the village has something we shaped. I put love into what I do; it is not simply a way to make a living. When you have a piece of…
THE MESSAGE OF THE MAYFLY
(Matthew 18:21-35) “We exist no longer than mayflies.” That’s what Su Shih, a Chinese scholar and poet, wrote in the year 1082. Maybe you have seen a mayfly, but not for long. They are insects with very short lifespans, averaging one to two days. Yet, though they have short lives, mayflies have been around forever.…
YA GOTTA DO WHAT YA GOTTA DO – ST ANDREWS SERVICE @ FUMC
(Ephesians 2:1-10) There are moments in life when you just have to speak up. There are moments when so much is at stake, something so egregiously wrong is taking place, that the option of keeping your mouth closed and your opinion to yourself is impossible to rationalize. In these specific moments, you think, “I know…