I’m fascinated by this passage. At least a bit, I admit, because it is second-level scripture that makes me feel like a church insider. If you get most of your Bible exposure from A Charlie Brown Christmas, you’d think the Christmas story begins in Luke 2, but here we are with this gem concerning the elderly Zechariah, about to be a first-time father to son John the Baptist.
Long-time fans of this site (ha) know that a surprising number of posts have dealt with my interest in becoming more “present”, “all-in”, “there”. It’s something that does not come…
In all that we do, we can only hope that what is committed to the page, canvas, or podium will be for us a satisfactory representation of that period, in…
“I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours…” (Genesis 1:29, NIV)…
“You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.” (Psalm 32:7, NIV) As I alluded to in a previous reflection here…
“Be still, and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10) When I was a young man, I was quite active in my local church, and a budding professional musician. There…
This evening marks the culmination of a long journey. Feeling called by our God in heaven, and inspired and driven by the Holy Spirit who lives and breathes with us…
I’d been wondering how I would find out that one of my strongest mentors had passed away, so it wasn’t that much of a surprise to find this email preview…
For the past two years I have been involved in a process toward being a Commissioned Minister of the United Church of Christ, through music. In October 2016, I present…
This post is the working copy of a sermon I gave at Edwards Church, UCC in Framingham, MA on August 7, 2016. The live version deviates a bit, in that…