Christmas Reflection

Christmas afternoon the Sun was out, and there was not a cloud in the sky. As we’d had a pretty amazing brunch during morning worship, and a delicious meal mid-afternoon, the blue skies called me to get out and stretch my legs though a walk. I didn’t go far 1, but managed to get a…

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A Meditation for Christmas

What follows is an edited version of my meditation for Christmas eve worship. As we worship here tonight, we heard the words of Isaiah 1, confirmed by the words of the angels in the Gospel of Luke 2, which show us who our savior is. Jesus is the “prince of peace” Now Biblical “peace” is…

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The Value of Worship

Christmas is on a Sunday this year, and I’ve been hearing a good deal of chatter about what a “problem” this creates. There is an assumption people won’t come because “Christmas is family time 1.” This notion of a Sunday Christmas being a problem is actually a sign of a larger problem which spans across…

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Indoor Basil

I was doing some dishes after lunch yesterday and caught sight of the basil plant my daughter has grown from a cutting. I glanced at the plant during the narrow window when the low December Sun illuminates it perfectly. The green of the leaves, combined with the nice shadows, caught my interest. So I ran…

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Rogue One – A Review

Monday night I was able to head out to the theater to see Rogue One: A Star War Story. It’s been a week since the movie has come out so this is not a spoiler-free review. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, you have been warned! The Positives Rogue One is not a “saga”…

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Unpacking The End of All Things

This scene marks the end of my pre-existing material for In The Land of the Penny Gnomes. From here on out, we’re sailing into barely charted waters. Some big things are revealed in this passage, let’s unpack. The Down Side Every government contract has a down side. In Nobody’s case, that down side was the…

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