The first glimmers of the morning light were peeking over the horizon. Carrying her basket of oils and spices meant to complete preparations for the burial of the body, Mary Magdalene cautiously made her way on the half-remembered path, stumbling as she felt her way up toward the garden tomb. Gradually, the cold, gray light […]
I’ve noticed in recent years that cookbooks are as much about storytelling as they are about the actual recipes. Gone are the pages of only ingredients and directions; now there are as many pages, if not more, of story as there are of actual recipes. In an era where we could easily get all the […]
I may have mentioned in a previous sermon that I got my start with growing tomatoes for my father-in-law; he would trade me cases of Colorado peaches for my garden grown tomatoes. He is the person that educated me about how superior a home-grown tomato was to anything available at the grocery store, and I’ve […]
As spring approaches, it’s time for me to think tomatoes. As I mentioned last week, it has become a hobby of mine to save the seeds from my favorite varieties of tomato for the following season. Beginning in January, I have carefully sowed and labeled seeds in little peat pods, covered them with a clear […]
On this first Sunday of Lent, we continue with our theme of “A Time to Grow”, a Lenten series that likens our spiritual growth to the process of growing a garden. This is a theme that I couldn’t resist adapting to our worship, as I have become an avid gardener in this second part of […]
One of my favorite second grade lessons to teach was the hands-on science unit on life cycles. While my first graders got to watch caterpillars change into butterflies, in second grade we raised the far less glamorous mealworms. Each child was given a clear plastic cup filled with oat bran and given their own mealworm […]
Every year, on the first days of school, in whatever grade I happened to be teaching, we set down our rules and expectations. Inevitably, as the students began to list how we were to behave, one of them would cite the “Golden Rule”. I’m sure you all can recite it with me…… (slide 1) Of […]
If I had to pick a single word to summarize the past two years (and counting), I would choose the word “overwhelm”. I find it such an appropriate word to describe the pandemic, which has different shades of meaning, depending on the context. It can be a very positive term, or – shall we say, […]
Last fall, you might remember, I took a weekend off to return to my hometown of Long Beach for my high school reunion. Due to the airline schedules, I had to take an early flight in, leaving me and my friend Sue several hours to drive around the city and visit the old neighborhoods, which […]
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