There just wasn't time yesterday to blog. So I missed a day in my month of blogging everyday. This morning we slept in, and my daughter needs a desk, so we're heading out to shop in just a minute, but I wanted to get in a word about being here. Amy has a strong role …
Old Stories
Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come. -- Psalm 71:18 Yesterday, I had lunch with some of the older people in our congregation. These seniors have a lunch Bible study on Mondays …
A quick entry…
Part of the discipline just now is to blog everyday. So here it is. Not much to say, except brooding time is going to get short in the coming weeks. After a truly restful Sabbath yesterday (including an afternoon walk with Daniel--see photo--launching into a book called Mayflower, and watching We are Marshall) there were …
A Church’s Journey
Another transition. Yesterday Milton Jones announced that he is leaving the Northwest Church, having been called to preach elsewhere. After 29 years serving the church here, it was obviously a day of some pain. As always, there were many questions asked, not all of which can be answered, and the church is now awash in …
Communication has changed. It's hard to grasp the significance of the changes. Did anything essential change when the telegraph and telephone first came into use? Neil Postman thought so, complaining that the telegraph gave us new information, but that it also laced that information with irrelevance. It seems obvious that new information that comes from …
JEFF BERRYMAN 