It's been a long time since I've posted, and in today's cyber-crazed world, that's no way to go about business. I know that. However, I've been running hard. Between Good Friday and Easter preparations, the process of interviewing candidates for the preaching minister/catalyst leader position at the church, the leadership and management of various ministries …
To See
Two weeks ago, I preached a sermon that was the beginning of a new series at church I'm simply calling "The Jesus Lab: Discovering and Practicing the Artful Action of Jesus." I'm borrowing an idea from the world of acting, wondering out loud what Jesus was doing from moment-to-moment, asking the question the way I …
Hunger, Cowardice, and the Embrace of the Other
Poverty. How does it get to be such an abstraction? 6.6 billion people on the planet, 1.4 billion of them "food insecure." Over 900 million suffering from severe hunger. 16,000 children die everyday from hunger related causes. 1 every 5 seconds. Abstraction. 11-12% of the people in Washington State and the U.S. food insecure as …
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Early Sunday Morning
No new snow this morning. The scene out the window is mostly back to normal--the roofs of the neighborhood dark again. I haven't coughed yet--good sign--and soon it will be time to get dressed and head to church. Prayer has seen an uptick, and the time spent with God has been sweeter than usual. Can't …
Thoughts on Gifts
The ravaged paper is in sacks to be tossed (if the trash man ever comes again), ribbons and bows worth keeping have been culled to be kept in a box for another round at birthdays or next Christmas, and the shirts and sweaters and new journal and the other things have been stacked and carried …
JEFF BERRYMAN 