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WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO SEE THEM

Confession. I don’t always read the whole book! It’s not intentional.  I mean I usually buy a book with the intention of reading it all...

Cultivating Curiousity

When I was 5 years old I opened the door to my father’s office. He had a small office on the other side of the living room. I wasn’t in...

Why I Love my Local Church Part 3: Open Communion

One of the wonderful gifts God often gives us at Bear Creek UMC is guests, or as we like to call them here at Bear Creek UMC...gifts....

Why I Love my Local Church Part 2: Be Nimble!

One of the nursery rhymes that still sticks in my mind is this one: “Jack be nimble, jack be quick. Jack jump over the candlestick!” I...

A Different Way to Look at Robert Frost's "Road Not Taken"

When I was in high school, one of the “go to” choral pieces was Randall Thompson’s choral setting of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not...

Moving from "Joy" to "Rejoicing"

I have a confession to make this morning...I absolutely love Fall!  And as an ex-schoolteacher, I still get goosebumps watching my...

Leadership and What I Yearn For

If you've had an ear to our noisy world out there these days, you have been hearing a plethora of voices sharing their views about...

Rowing through the "UGLY MIDDLE"

UKRANIAN OLYMPIC ATHLETES TRAINING FOR THIS YEAR'S OLYMPICS A couple of years ago I met someone in the Safeway store that I remembered...

My Brief Stint on the Set of "Easy Rider"

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about hearing.  Last week I put on a hearing aid for the first time, and while I think this device is...

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS CANCER CALLED HATE

I have to admit it.  I usually force myself to watch both the Republican and Democratic National Convention every 4 years.  I mean I’m a...

How the Grinch almost Stole Camp Indianola

Let me just admit it...I didn’t want to go to camp this year!  Every year I sign up to go with joy in my heart, but this year my calendar...

Angels Dancing All Around Us

Look, I would never say that our loving God causes tragedy. Never. But...sometimes tragedies have a way of birthing incredible blessing....

A stole, tears of truth, and an apology

This year at Annual Conference, our bishop, Bishop Cedrick Bridgeport, shared a white stole with us and asked us to write names on it of...

Living In Our Alphabet Home

I’ve got a new app on my phone that Cyndy and I love.  It’s called “Autio” and we live it because it tells us stories about the towns or...

A Timely Parable from “The Boys in the Boat”

This week I’m preaching about a Richard Rohr concept called “Being or Living in the Flow”.  I think it is best described by Daniel James...

Revisioning What It Means to Be a Hero

Growing up in a small town in the Midwest, this weekend was one of the biggest weekends in our year. The whole community would put their...

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