Last week, we began the exploration of Victor Wooten’s imaginative book called “The Music Lesson.” This week we build on the foundational metaphor of “groove,” by challenging our understanding of the importance of “notes.” This extended quote from the book gives you a...
Lila, the third book about small town life in Iowa by Marilynne Robinson, once again brings us to the town of Gilead. It is wonderful to return to this memorable fictional setting, even if this visit has a great deal of pain and darkness woven through the story. All...
When preaching in an EPIC style (EPIC stands for experiential, participatory, image-rich, and connective), it helps to use props. If you can hold in your hand, or better, allow others to hold in their hands, or handle somehow, the actual metaphor, they can embody...
O God, help me to open those doors where you are knocking, and to stop propping up those walls you are knocking down. Tear down all walls built around some spaces and places in my life where I’ve said to you, “I made you Lord of my life except here.” Table your...
Lectionary for April 19, 2015: Acts 3:12-10 Psalm 4 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 In 2009 yet another new word was added to those dictionaries that authorize new words. It’s a word that had already been kicking around for several years, but didn’t get officially...
