Its’ getting harder to keep a Sabbath. Busyness and agendas keep creeping in. I can feel the threads of my spirit fraying a bit as I try to keep certain energies going. I have five major presentations to give before Sunday evening, and on the quiet morning walk I just returned from, I heard in [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 14, 2008
Worship On My Mind
So I’ve had my head under a rock, I suppose, so I didn’t know that American Idol had done a show that included a group sing rendition of “Shout to the Lord” on two consecutive nights on their “American Idol Gives Back” show. Great song, but my first reaction on watching the YouTube piece was, [...]
May 13, 2008
Friday Night Lights (Again)
I didn’t have a chance to watch Friday NIght Lights this past season, so when I heard the DVD of the second season had been released, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. Blockbuster had it, so last night, I sat and watched the first few episodes. My initial fear was that I [...]
May 12, 2008
The Day Everything Changed
I don’t know what I was expecting. In the end, by the time I got to the pulpit, I had left the expectations behind. Pentecost was here, and we were talking about the Holy Spirit, what had happened in Jerusalem all those many years ago. I suppose I was secretly hoping for something amazing, something [...]
May 7, 2008
Seeing Up Close
My sweet sister sent me a new lens for my birthday. Nikon AF Micro Nikkor 60mm. Fun, fun. It’ll take me a while to figure it out, but I love the possibilities. Just a few shots from around the house… Thanks, Jody…
May 5, 2008
Sunday Birthday
49 years old now, and everyone should have the privilege of being an interim preacher preaching on a Birthday Sunday. First service they sang Happy Birthday, second service they sang Happy Birthday (especially cool because the children brought balloons to me and led the singing), my life group sang Happy Birthday, and finally, the Elders [...]
May 3, 2008
Community Service
Ann McMurray dumping weeds, working hard. I spent the morning working at Kellogg Middle School in Shoreline. Mostly weeding, shoveling bark, talking theology with new and old friends, and shooting some photography of the event as we went. I was a little surprised by how fun it was to simply be out in the rain [...]
May 2, 2008
Quiet
Not many people came to the Taize service, but those who did got the rare treat of sitting quietly, the rushing world having stopped for a while. Candles, simple music, simple scripture, an old, old prayer, and then silence. During the spot labeled “long silence” in the program, I’d hoped to go as long as [...]
May 1, 2008
Day of Prayer
So today the nation prays. May 1, the National Day of Prayer, according to some. We are joining in at Northwest, though I’m sure our prayer time will be somewhat different than most. We’re doing another Taize service, as we did on Good Friday. Quiet, dark, candles, repetitive, meditative music, and one pretty spectacular prayer [...]
