Author Archives: asacredrebel

We have been traveling this past week with our girls, and they really have not been asking that much are we there yet…. BUT…. The other day I said we were there. We were sitting at a red light on the corner of two streets. And I said, “OK we are there.” One of myContinue reading “Are We there yet?”

Yoda once said to Luke Skywalker that there is no trying to do something. We either do it, or we do not. We either commit to doing something or we are not committed to it. This week we look at the death of our savior, the death of a man who has committed no sin,Continue reading “Do or Do not There is not Try!”

As we approach Holy Week, I have been thinking a lot lately about the Palm/Passion Sunday service. I wonder when did our congregations start needing a Passion Sunday? Well in out Lutheran understanding it has been a while, as Passion Sunday is a part of the Lutheran Book of Worship, the green book, the oldContinue reading “Palm – Passion – Where is our commitment”

Are you preparing for rain?I recently watched the movie Facing the Giants. In it there was a pastor who told a story about 2 farmers. Both of them prayed for rain to help their crops, but only one of the farmers actually prepared his fields for the coming rain. The pastor then asks, who trustedContinue reading “Are you preparing for rain?”

Passion is a very interesting word. We do things everyday that play into our passions, but do we have one all encompassing passion that leads us to do everything else that we do? I guess we first need to know what passion is. The Passion of the Christ is a movie about the crucifixion ofContinue reading “My Passion”

We are so task oriented and results driven. We have our set of initiatives to complete. Our appointments are set and we live and die by the calendar. If something does not go by schedule, it throws everything out of whack. God calls us to intimacy with him. God calls us to stop the bustleContinue reading “Chill-n-hang”

This morning I find myself frustrated by the technology I am working with. My Dell Axiom, handheld computer seems to think daylight savings time has not started yet, and the computer I am on now seems to think it needs to give me time to run to Starbucks in BG to get a cup ofContinue reading “Frustration with technology”

I have been pondering, just what is faith? It seems we equate faith with religion. You know you have faith by coming to church, by giving your time in the name of God, by being a good member of your local church. Is this really what faith is? Do we really believe that coming toContinue reading “What is faith?”

Love is the beginning and the end. Love is the foundation our lives are built upon when we have the love of God within us. But what truly is love? Is love something that we see at the movies? Is it the newly fallen in love teenagers holding hands and steeling a kiss while noContinue reading “Standard Operating Procedure”

How much is enough? Well I guess that would depend on what we are talking about… There was a country song that talked about too much money, too much fun, too much time, is there really enough of these? Is there such a thing as too much love? Put yourself in the place of thoseContinue reading “How much is enough?”