And I’ve been thinking about the touch of joy. Do you know what sucks the joy out of me? When I realize that I have said something to someone that I should have never said. It might have been a mean or inconsiderate comment. It might have been a thoughtless and unintentional joke. Whatever it Read more

And I’ve been thinking about how God is never not with us. About seven and a half years ago my family and I were at Portland Timbers game (a professional soccer team), when my 6 year old daughter looked at me in the contest’s 92nd minutes and asked me, “One day will I get to Read more

And I’ve been thinking about the good news of the axe. The second passage from Sunday’s lectionary texts is Luke 3:7-18, which brings us back to the story of John the Baptist. It is fitting that the season of Advent gives a lot of attention to John. As we wait for the coming Christ, we Read more