This Sunday we are celebrating the work of our little church and encouraging people to step forward and serve according to their gifts and passions. Here are some of the worship pieces we will be using: –One of my favorite calls to worship from Ann B. Day, which you can find here. –A hymn I…
I’m posting the Wednesday Worship Piece on Tuesday this week, because I know all of you pastors out there are getting your worship planning done early . . . Well, maybe not. But I do hope you are able to enjoy time with family and friends this Thanksgiving! Our theme this coming Sunday is gratitude…
I don’t know about your part of the world, but here in northeastern Kansas the weather is just about perfect. So for my creative prayer practice this week I took some time to appreciate the works of the Creator. Here’s the basic idea for this practice: Take a walk–around your neighborhood, on a forest path,…
This is a prayer I wrote several years ago. It ties in nicely with the Romans (12: 1-8) reading for this week. Prayer of Thanksgiving Dear God, giver of life, for each and every part of this church body We give you thanks. For those who teach and those who learn. For those who speak…
(with apologies–make that “thanks”–to Robert Fulghum) 1. Car trips go much faster if you take a nap. 2. Genetics has little to do with family; if you’re at the table, you’re in. 3. Even if someone’s politics and theology are completely screwed up, you still have to say “please” when you ask them to pass…
