AUGUST 14, 2017

      May God be merciful to us and bless us; may the light of God’s face shine upon us.          Let your way be known upon earth,        your saving health among all nations. [Psalm 67:1-2] I took a few days off this past week for my annual vacation with my son. But whatever expectationsContinueContinue reading “AUGUST 14, 2017”

JULY 31, 2017

Ho, everyone who thirsts,   come to the waters;  and you that have no money,   come, buy and eat!  Come, buy wine and milk   without money and without price. [Isaiah 55:1] The connections between food and faith are fascinatingly striking. As I rode the train home from Philadelphia, I read a book entitled, Take This Bread,ContinueContinue reading “JULY 31, 2017”

FAREWELL TO A LIFELONG FRIEND

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.[Romans 14:8-9 NRSV] WhenContinueContinue reading “FAREWELL TO A LIFELONG FRIEND”