God is STILL on the Throne! ?

It is common for people of faith to respond to tragedy and threat by affirming: “God is still on the Throne!”  I take this to mean that whatever has happened or is happening has not defeated God, nor surprised God, and has not called into question God’s ability or willingness to help.  What has happened …

For the Fourth Sunday in Lent

Loving Lord, Giver of every good and perfect gift, Sender of Light and Life into the world, ultimately giving Your own Self as the way, the truth and the life, on this fourth Sunday in Lent, we dare to call out the lies circulating in a world under viral threat and to declare the truth …

FOR ASH WEDNESDAY

Shall the dust praise you or declare your faithfulness, O God?   Children of dust—scooped up, fashioned, inbreathed, enlivened, Cherished and wooed, drawn near, tasting and seeing the One who Is good, tasting and knowing joy unspeakable and full of glory.   Surely the dust praised you and declared your faithfulness, O God!   Then, …

In Bethlehem’s Babe God Moves In

Five years ago, Lavone and I moved from Greenville, Illinois to Indianapolis, Indiana.  It was the smoothest and most care-free move we’ve ever had.  We are grateful beyond words, and more comfortable than we deserve in our home (which because of travel still seems quite new).  All the more so, when we acknowledge this Christmas …

I DON’T SEE JESUS!

“But I don’t see Jesus!” That is what little Ari, our granddaughter, said at bed time when we asked her whether she wanted to pray.  She hesitated or declined to say the prayers because she couldn’t “see” Jesus.  She had spent Christmas Day with us, along with siblings and parents, and then had stayed over …