My father worked in the heavy construction industry all his life. He worked on bridges, dams, airports, roads, and sewer and water systems. My earliest memories were of visiting construction sites watching steel and concrete rise where there was once raw land. He taught me the importance of having a strong foundation and that every…
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Monday In the Second Week of Lent
“The Glory of God is a human being fully alive; and to be alive consists in beholding God.” – Saint Irenaeus A nice follow-up, don’t you think, to the song from Les Mis and Victor Hugo, except Irenaeus lived in the third century. Not many musicals or novels in his day. During this second week…
Saturday In the First Week of Lent
A reader wrote after yesterday’s Post – “So maybe your next post can be about best practices (expressions) of love in the public spheres of our lives.” Now despite not being quick enough to suggest the reader write the Post, and despite not having the benefit of being able to sit down over a glass…
Friday In the First Week of Lent
“God is Love, and those who dwell in love, dwell in God, and God in them.” John 4:16. In my quest to have seen all of the major Oscar nominated movies and performances, I finally saw Les Misrables yesterday. I am very familiar with the music, but unlike the rest of my family have never…
Thursday In The First Week of Lent
Usually on stewardship Sunday you could find me on the golf course. I apologize to Dean Higgins, Joel, Stuart, Luis, and many others whose sermons I missed. I’m sure I could have used them, but during those years I had a very narrow view of the word – stewardship – thinking it meant only money.…