Here is a piece I wrote for our newsletter for October.
When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were terrified. But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.”
John 6:16-20
Just the other night a group of pretty intense thunderstorms passed through the area. They knocked down trees in town and the church was without half of its power the next day. School was canceled in Carson City due to power outages from the storm. The storms had high winds, constant flashes of lightning followed by rumbles of thunder, and plenty of rain.
Our kids were in bed when the storms picked up intensity, and they were both awake. Elijah, who is almost 4 now, has become convinced that he enjoys thunderstorms, even if they do get a bit scary, so he was doing pretty good that night. Alexandra, on the other hand, just turned 2 and did not care for the noise and flashes of lightning at all. Continue reading “In the Midst of the Storm”
Here is a piece I wrote for our July Newsletter. I thought it would be good to share via the blog.
Thanksgiving is here. I have seen some people through the month of November write something each day that they are thankful for, and I thought that was a pretty good thing to do, but I didn’t do it myself. However, I think it would be appropriate for me to share what I am thankful for.
Today I finished the graphic that I’ll use for Easter season – which, by the way, runs up until Pentecost (May 31 this year). The series will be on “Resurrection Rebels” and will begin to play off of what we celebrated on Easter Sunday. The basic idea is, “Jesus is risen, now what?” How do resurrection people live? What values define us? As usual the scriptures used will come from the lectionary selections for the week, so let me say a word about that. The lectionary is a collection of readings for each week of the year. It typically contains an Old Testament, Psalm, Epistle (New Testament letter), and Gospel reading. There are 3 year’s worth of readings, so you just go through the three year cycle. It does not cover the entire Bible, in fact it leaves a great deal out. It does cover all different sections of the Bible though. I tend to use the lectionary for a few reasons.