Reflecting on faith over a glass of sweet tea.
I have recently been reading the Questing Parson blog. I love his way of putting posts into a narrative, and I think that style may help me out of a touch of writer’s block. I’m going to try it out: Reverend Dean Shepherd (Shep for short) drove through his neighborhood on his way home after [...]
Wouldn’t it be great if all of our churches had continuous supplies of volunteer leaders to step into vacant positions on a moments notice? It almost sounds too good to be true, but I have seen churches where this actually happens!
On Friday, October 21st, ABC will air a special two hour episode where Ty and the gang swoops in to help the Keefer family. Why did this particular episode pop up on my blogging radar? The Keefers are a United Methodist family. The good people at EMHE gave me the opportunity to preview the episode for blogging purposes. Here is my review up the upcoming episode.
Jude uses some strong metaphors to describe troublemakers in the church. Anyone who has been around a large body of water can relate to the power and fear invoked by wild waves. Jude says that troublemakers in the church are “…wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame;” (Jude 1:13a NRSV). These are my reflections on this metaphor…
Part of a series of posts that explore the metaphors found in Jude 12-13. This post explores the metaphor of uprooted trees.
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