“When you are content to simply be yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” – Lao Tzu I lost count of how long I’ve been choosing a single word by which to live for the duration of the year. A little investigative work has revealed that 2014 was the first year thatContinue reading “One Word 2026: Content”
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Christmas Week: Ultron
Previously: Restart, Frankentree, Bing The Sunday before the season began, a group from the congregation stuck around after worship to decorate the sanctuary. This included the only other family in the church close to my own family’s ages, the youngest of whom is a boy in early elementary school. My sermon that day featured aContinue reading “Christmas Week: Ultron”
Third Week of Advent: Bing
Previously: Restart, Frankentree As I write this, my son is in the other room at his computer singing “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” over and over again. He must be listening to it on headphones as he does it. And it’s clearly the Bing Crosby version, because he’s doing his very bestContinue reading “Third Week of Advent: Bing”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 