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The one aspect I am stuck on is the call to leave behind the life we have always known. This is what most of us think about in this story. The men were called, and immediately left their boats, nets, and families to follow Jesus. Not for what they would get, but because of theContinue reading “What does it mean to Fish for People????”

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 1:2 He was in the beginning with God; 1:3 all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. 1:4 In him was life, and the life was the lightContinue reading “Hope Recognized”

Deep Water is the name of my Pastor’s Blog. I read this today and thought about how apropriate it is to think about what Christ has done for us, as we await the coming of his birthday. For 1 year now we have a tradition, ohhhh we’ve done it once (I know not much ofContinue reading “We are filthy”

Advent is the season of Hope. Hope is a kin to trust. Merriam Webster dictionary defines Hope as to cherish a desire with anticipation, to desire with expectation of obtainment, to expect with confidence: Trust. This Advent season we have heard about the imagination of advent, a people of hope in the greenlandians, and eschatologicalContinue reading “With or Without Hope”

Isaiah foretold the coming of the son, the son Emmanuel… But just who is this. IF we read Isaiah 7:10-14 to mean the coming of Jesus, which is what we await this advent season, then King Ahaz had to wait almost 750 years before the siege ended on his city and the prophecy came true.Continue reading “Who is Emmanuel?”

I admit I was shopping on Friday morning, or Black Friday as it has come to be known. I enjoyed this time of frenzied shopping, but I think the commercializm of Christmas has gone way to far, and the shopping season is becoming the engulfing notion for the end of November. My family and IContinue reading “"Attitude of Graditude"”

Luke 23:33-43 33. And when they came on the place the one being called the skull, there they affixed him and the criminals to crosses, one on his right and one on his left 34. [And Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them, for they had not known what they are doing.] And they divided hisContinue reading “Christ the King”

I was reading a blog by a member of my home congregation Well of Hope in Pineville, NC. You can find the blog in question here http://the-well.org/blogs/index.php?blog=7 it is the first post you come to. I have been thinking about Halloween and what it means in the life of the church today. The secretary atContinue reading “What is the Church?”

It seems like every time I turn around…. There I go again saying something that sounds a lot worse than I meant it to be. I just seem to live with my foot in my mouth, too bad it has not stopped me from eating! Like tonight for instance, I was trying to find oneContinue reading “Force Foot into mouth”

Call me what you want to, just do not call me late to dinner! This is something I have heard all my life. A cute little pithy phrase… But what an impact it has in our faith tradition. As I was sending an email today it hit me that we are all called so manyContinue reading “Just don’t call me late to dinner!”