12
Oct
Autumn Days
These are some of the best days of the year, these autumn days when the colors burst forth so brilliantly in their swan song, before the leaves all fall revealing […]
11
Oct
Rorzak Tests and wondering who we are
I often have the impression that my sermons serve as a kind of a spiritual Rorzak Test, the psychological test where insight is revealed into someone’s psyche through the pictures […]
11
Oct
The Eulogy for Marge Mortensen
The Eulogy for Marge Mortensen Marge was born on June 27, 1935 in Newark. Her brother Henry followed her into this world in less than a year, so they grew up […]
10
Oct
The Eulogy for Betty Jenninigs
Betty Jennings was born on September 13, 1924 into a loving family that consisted of her mother, her father, and her brother Wes. Somewhat shy by nature and frail physically, […]
10
Oct
Three weeks in, why am I doing this?
After three weeks of “blogging” nearly every day, perhaps some reflections on why am I doing this? Several possible answers, all with a grain of truth: 1) Personal grandiosity and […]
09
Oct
Pavlov’s Dogs and Children of God
Thoughts from yesterday’s sermon: Pavlov, the Russian psychologist, got his dogs to salivate whenever they heard a bell, because they were conditioned to associate getting yummy treats with the sound […]
08
Oct
Job and the Preacher
It hasn’t been a great week for sermon writing. Here I am sitting at the computer before sunup, Moses the cat my only physical companion. I know I am preaching […]
07
Oct
Animal House: Emma, Dado, and Moses
I have been struck lately by the significance people attach to their animals. A couple of people in our writing groups penned moving essays regarding their dogs. It leads me […]
06
Oct
Parenting
Yesterday my wife and I were at our eleven year old son Bobby’s middle school soccer game. He was starting for the first time and was playing well, and we […]
05
Oct
Surprising Images, Surprising Dreams
Susan wrote yesterday of a brother in kindergarten who got successive “F”s for drawing pictures that did not conform to the requirements, when in fact the teacher simply suffered from […]
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