Posts from August 2020

Here we have it, straight talk on marching orders for Christians of maturity everywhere.  I have to say that this time I started off with a connection to the Matthew 16 reading.  Verse 23b: “you are a stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”   I think Jesus is after a list that Paul gives us here in Romans.  So I made…

Imagine with me a cable sweater.  It is in the midst of going together but when I pull the sweater out of the project bag it looks like quite a mess.  I have to pay attention when I knit—especially to the set up row for cables or the sweater will not work out.   When I think about God knitting, I see that the cables are all perfect and planned and each one of us in the…

In the ‘Scandal of Grace’ we receive God’s mercy in spite of ourselves.  It is described in the words of verse 30.  We never get what we deserve; we would die if we did.  God seems to love us NO MATTER what we do or how far away we walk. It’s the true Never-ending Story of how we say we want to go it alone and do our own thing.  God is waiting when we come back…

 On the Great British Baking Show we see bakers doing their very best to get a handshake from Paul Hollywood, baker extraordinaire.  Especially during bread week.  He is famously critical saying “not proofed enough” and walking away from even a taste.  “There’s dough in the middle of the bread.  The bakers are all shaking in their boots.  Yeast will make it all rise, but…

I don’t know about you, but this virus stuff gets me down sometimes.  Have you noticed you are too?  When you are down, how do you comfort yourself?  Some people might make a phone call or go for a walk…but I make comfort food.  Tuna Casserole, Spaghetti, French Fries…What are your comfort foods?  I know the pastors’ Bible Study Group had me wondering.  Some of theirs…