Advent and Christmas Meditations 2016
This Advent and Christmas Season I am undertaking a new writing project of short, daily meditations. My goal is to provide a short, daily mediation based on sc...
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A Prayer for Thanksgiving
O Lord our God and heavenly Father, which of Thy unspeakable mercy towards us, hast provided meate and drinke for the nourishment of our weake bodies. Grant us ...
Presidential Proclamation — Thanksgiving Day, 2016
THANKSGIVING DAY, 2016 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Nearly 400 years ...
The Season of Advent
I have always been one who believes holidays should be celebrated on the day they were intended to be observed. I do not think moving holidays so that we can h...
The Sermon I was not allowed to Preach
In my previous post, I related an incident where and invitation to pray and to preach had been withdrawn. The invitation was to pray at breakfast and to preach...
Uninvited to Pray
Well, I guess it has started, I have been uninvited to pray at an event due to my opinions freely expressed on Facebook and other Social Media platforms. I am a...
Discernment
He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow t...
The Fog is Lifting: Some Post-Election Thoughts
Then Came the Morning. I believe it was the Bill Gaither Trio that made the song that these words come from famous. It is a song about the despair that the Apo...
Some Words of Hope
Love and Justice in an Age of Grief This morning, our personal vocation and our collective calling to make God’s love and justice real is being tested like neve...
Election Day Prayer
Lord, This election season is over. All that remains is for voters to cast their ballots. Let wisdom guide them. It is the end after a long season. What has bee...