based on Matthew 5:1-12 Faithful God, we think that we know what it means to be blessed. We regularly count our blessings: home, family, comfort, security, peace. We remember those elements in our lives that bring us joy and safety, and at times make it a point to give you thanks, as you are theContinue reading “A Prayer from the Upside Down”
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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”
A Prayer from Outside the Sheep Pen
based on Luke 15:1-10 Faithful God, I don’t know where I am. I thought that I knew the way. I was confident in my own sense of direction. But now I’m here, wherever “here” is. I thought that I could just wander until I saw something that I recognized, but that got me even moreContinue reading “A Prayer from Outside the Sheep Pen”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 