I am grateful to be with you again [and today,] I have brought some friends with me! All of us are happy to be here – with you, before Christmas comes… We are here to talk about “Advent preparation.” The season of Advent calls upon each and every one of us “to prepare” for the […]
Religion is about “hope.” It is not about something we have to do or to say. There is no right way. There is no wrong way. It is about having and maintaining hope! Religion is not a list of do’s and don’ts. Nor is it a constant parade of sallow faced and furrowed old men […]
The world has lost Advent…not that they ever really possessed it or had it. Society-at-large doesn’t even consider “Advent” – that is, if society-at-large has even – heard of it! What is Advent? Society-at-large has “no time” for such things as “Advent”…folks are “way too busy, shopping, wrapping and decking” their halls. Who has time […]
IS IT WEIRD to say that God is “reliable” … and yet, at the same time, to say that God is “unpredictable?” We could actually spend some time talking about “God’s reliable unpredictability!” I know these sound like fifty cent huge words – (WHEN YOU ARE HEARING THEM) but they really are not! They sound […]