Pentecost? What’s that you say?

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“Zapped” by agape. Acts 2:1-21 May we all be zapped by that same love. And then step out and live the faith we believe. #pentecost #progressivechristian

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Love One Another

But then again, I don’t recall seeing anything about “easy” in any of our sacred texts.

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2013 Easter

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This is part 5 of 5 in the collection Holy Week Easter 2013

The physical reality of the Resurrection is irrelevant. It’s a sign, not of some future reward for good behaviour, but of the inextinguishable spark of God’s Presence within each of us at all times.

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2013 Holy Week – Monday

This is part 1 of 5 in the collection Holy Week Easter 2013

As we approach Easter, Let’s take fifteen minutes each day to meditate/reflect/pray on the mutuality – the agapé relationship – that encompasses us and all things.

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And the Greatest of These is Love

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This is part 1 of 2 in the collection The Greatest of These

Love is patient; love is kind; love is … yada yada. Give me a break. Paul was writing to a church, not a blushing bride. Let’s look at Corinthians again.

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Can We…

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This is part 1 of 1 in the collection a Statement of Affirmation

Can we … celebrate our similarities … accept our differences …looking instead to what our unique experiences reveal to us about God?

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Advent 2012 – Joy

This is part 3 of 5 in the collection Advent 2012

Advent – Joy – those trying to make sense of the tragedy of Sandy Hook Elementary will not find “joy”. But we may find chara.

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Anyone Got an Extra Coat?

Do we want short-term “joy” of material gain, or the long-term Joy of living our agapé relationship with God?

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Advent 2012 – Hope

This is part 1 of 5 in the collection Advent 2012

God’s Hope, and ours, is that we nurture each other and the world with all of the love and compassion that we would the Christ child.

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A Bigger God

As long as we see anyone as separate from us, we are still not worshipping the immanent and transcendent Theos that the Message of the Christ calls us to.

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