Notre Pere
“Praying is a dangerous act.. you can end up changed.” It is World Communion Sunday, and I did my part in the worship serice by praying “que ta volonte soit faite sure la terre comme au ciel.” We had Korean, […]
New Car and Bible Heroes
It’s been rather a hectic week. My husband has a new car, or new to him anyway. I tried to join in with thinking of it as fun, but actually it’s just a much more expensive alternative to repair work. […]
John the Baptist
Back to work after a long weekend, I want to offer you a sprightly song: “Prepare Ye” by Marc Robinson. You can hear it at that link. We sang it in the second service yesterday with an excellent soloist. In […]
Do We Enjoy Church Too Much?
“Africa” by William Billings is very nice. I’m currently singing this in the Presbyterian choir and playing “Just a Closer Walk With Thee” in the Methodist bell choir. This may be an untenable position. My life right now contains lots […]
God’s Plans
#1 daughter is reading The Purpose Driven Life, so we were talking about the idea that God has plans for us. I wrote about this a couple of years ago, when I was unemployed and people were telling me this. […]
Housing Authority
Yesterday the choirlet went to sing at a church service being held by the Housing Authority in a nearby town. The service was held in what must be the recreation center of a low-income housing development; there was a pool […]
In God’s Image
My new Tuesday class isn’t much on deep discussions. We had the question, “What does it mean to say we’re made in God’s image?” in our materials, and I tried to explore the question of what conclusions we could draw […]