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An Incredible Story!
The most incredible, most fantastic, over-the-top, UN-believable thing happened to me today! How many times have you heard someone start off like that? It’s great, isn’t it? Some of my favorite stories have started ou… -
Giving From the Heart
A couple of weeks ago, I met with Mr. Cho, one of the lay leaders of the Jesus’ People Church—the Korean Methodist Congregation we’re sponsoring--after our Sunday worship; we did what I’ve come to call “the ceremony of t… -
NOT a goldfish!
Many years ago, I preached a sermon that stuck in my family’s minds. They call it “the goldfish sermon,” and they remember it because I stood at the pulpit and made the very ridiculous statement “I am not a goldfish.” … -
Moravians on PHC
In case you weren’t glued to a radio last Saturday, here’s this year’s Christmas show for “A Prairie Home Companion,” broadcast from Bethlehem, PA last Saturday. The show features the music of The Bach Choir of Bethlehem… -
Dormant Fees and the Kingdom of God
I've always had qualms with the "financial model" of going to heaven. You know what I mean. It's the idea that somehow we rack up a balance here on earth—a tidy little nest egg that somehow accrues when we live lives tha… -
What a difference.
Okay, we're STILL looking for names for the beastly pumpkin that we're growing in our pumpkin patch. Remember, this monster has the potential to grow to be over 1000 pounds! In just a week, it grew to something about the… -
Check out whats-his-name!
Here's something fun I've been working on. Our church has had a Community Garden for the past several years, and this year our congregation is growing pumpkins and sunflowers in it (if the deer don't eat them all!). Most… -
Another thing passing
So, my son's at Bible camp this week, and that's really bringing a lot of memories back for me. Mostly, that would be about Laurel Ridge, the Moravian camp in North Carolina. To be honest, I'm not sure how deeply the cam… -
Sins of the patriot?
I'm going to be very honest: I'm not very patriotic. It's not that I dislike the United States—it's not that I don't have respect for people who have given their lives and their livelihoods for America—it's just that I h… -
Talking about our faith!
Like I said in my last entry, I’ve been playing catch-up ball all this week! And one of the projects I’ve been working on is the Moravian Internet Video Awards. This year, as part of the celebration for the 550th Anniv…
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