Church News (Page 2)
This week in church news…
Outreach 2019: Yard Sale, BBQ, Movie Night, Jazz Concert
Mid-Week Musing #3: Online Church
Chris Orr (now living in Washington state!) reflects on the experience of sharing in online worship at Good Shepherd during this time. He also shares an original song (in his inimitable fashion).
Son of Man
Clay Cupples shares an original poem after reflecting on the events of Palm Sunday.
Mid-Week Musing #2: Creation Care
Eric VanderHeide reflects on creation, creativity, COVID-19, and our place in God’s world.
Mid-Week Musing #1: Fear
Eric VanderHeide reflects on fear in the midst of COVID-19 and invites Jesus, the Prince of Peace, to be in our hearts and minds.
Mid-Week Musing Intro
Eric VanderHeide introduces “Mid-Week Musings”
Worry and the Value of Practice
What do you fear? For some it may be close to the surface and easy to name. Others may have to think a little harder. Having trouble with that? Let me prime the pump a bit: spiders, snakes, the dark, being alone, a certain person, your boss, your parents, your kids, the future, the Democrats, the Republicans, losing something, never finding something, not…
I Don’t Have Enough for That
I’m so busy. I don’t have time to exercise. I have so much to do AND I only slept four hours last night. I have thought and said and done all those things in my life. But I’ve also realized the futility of borrowing health from the future to get through the present. And (probably) because I’m a pastor, I have seen correlations between my attitudes…
Truth Landing
We are no longer to be children, tossed here and there…but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ… (Eph. 4:14a, 15) Consider this online exchange from the past week (names have been changed for privacy’s sake). Timothy: Here’s my newest hymn, written this afternoon and sung to the tune of [a familiar…
New Name, True Name
Years ago I was playing a name game with some elementary-aged children at church. I asked each child to say their first name, preceded by a word that described them and started with the same letter as their name. So we had “marvelous Mary” and “sweet Sarah.” I was “royal Robert” or something like that. And then we got to Brock. Brock was…
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