2011, Lent. Last night I received the external mark of penitence with the imposition of ashes: the sign of the cross placed on my forehead. I was reminded: “Dust you are and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19). After the imposition of the ashes our congregation knelt and we confessed sin. The rector…
The recent tragic events in Florida have elicited cries for action to be taken by those in government. But is government involvement the answer? And who is to blame for what happened? Are we corporately responsible for what an individual does? Let’s start with my estimation of what our U.S. government’s interface with us should…
op·por·tu·ni·ty cost NOUN economics “Opportunity cost refers to a benefit that a person could have received, but gave up, to take another course of action. Stated differently, an opportunity cost represents an alternative given up when a decision is made. This cost is, therefore, most relevant for two mutually exclusive events. In investing, it…
“But the Israelites were unfaithful in regard to the devoted things; Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of them. So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel. – Joshua 7: 1 (“devoted things” – The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving…
“So if you were raised to life with the king, search for the things that are above, where the king is seated at God’s right hand.” The Apostle Paul, Colossians 3: 1-2 Studying Paul’s letter to the Colossian church this past week, I came across the above verse. It is one which is…
Mack had no one to blame. He blamed himself. His dream, well, just listen… The other night Mack dreamed of being in New York. He didn’t know how he got there. He did remember driving around the Great Lakes. In New York Mack stopped along a highway in town, got out of his rental…
Radical secularism is not the answer to Muslim immigration…
“I, Paul, am in prison because I am a missionary for Jesus Christ to you who are not Jews.” Ephesian 3:1 1st Century AD. You are in a prison in Ephesus. You long to know how your young children are doing, your young children in the faith. You have been called to…
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