At 3:30 p.m. on Friday, I crossed over the Delaware Water Gap on the Appalachian Trail (AT) and made it to the Pennsylvania AT! On November 23, 2018, I first began hiking the New Jersey Appalachian Trail. Composed of 72 miles, it took only five hikes to finish it. My NJ AT finale began overContinue reading “Made It to the PA Appalachian Trail! “
Monthly Archives: October 2021
Show Me Mercy!
Mark 10:46-52 I was chatting with another pastor recently,and I asked her: What is the purpose of a sermon? She replied,“The purpose of a sermon is to create an experience of God.” Ooooo. Isn’t this the purpose of all church life? To bring us into an experience of God.The holy. That sense of something more.Continue reading “Show Me Mercy!”
Lift from the Core
James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a James writes,If you are wise and understand God’s ways,prove it by living an honorable life,doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. James conveys to uswhat is at the coreof the Christian lifestyle:humility. Another translation reads,Show by your good life that your works are donewith gentleness born of wisdom. DrawContinue reading “Lift from the Core”
In Case of Emergency
I once saw a statue of a four-year old girl encased in glass untouched by loving hands, falling leaves, or friendly squirrels. Untouched by weather, she remained a perfect marble statue. Likewise, my loved ones live in glass display cases. Through computer screens, I see them. Through devices, I hear them. Through keyboard pads, weContinue reading “In Case of Emergency”
With a Word
James 1:16-27 (Watch the video here.) With a word, our lives changed: coronavirus. With a lack of words, our world shrinks in size. With a dearth of words, our souls ache with hunger; if only we could listen, watch, think, scroll, read our way to satiation. We thirst for words. Immersed in an ocean, weContinue reading “With a Word”
Joy of the Journey 