Last Sunday as we were wrapping up Easter dinner, a friend made the following comment. “Why does the church spend so much time talking about Christmas and Easter and so little time on the stuff in-between?” Good question. After all it is fun to talk about Jesus coming as a baby in a manger to [...]
Archive for April, 2011
All the stuff in-between
Posted: April 26, 2011 by Glenn in Christian, Christmas, church, inclusion, Lord's Prayer, ministry1
My friend Steve did a funeral last week. The man was well into his 80’s. He died alone in his apartment and he was not discovered until the smell became overwhelming for nearby tenants. Other than Steve and some leaders from his church, no one else showed up for the service. As far as could [...]
A Basic Question
Posted: April 12, 2011 by Glenn in Christian, love, Love WinsTags: Easter, John 3:16
It will be Easter in a few weeks. It seems like a good time to ask a basic “Christian” question: Why did Jesus die on the cross? Is it possible that we have forgotten why? From a certain perspective Easter seems to be mostly about chocolate, eggs and candy. Or, for the casual faith crowd, [...]
Have you ever wondered who was the most powerful of the seven dwarfs – Sneezy, Sleepy, Dopey, Doc, Happy, Bashful or Grumpy? To be honest I never thought about this much until yesterday while I was getting my quarterly haircut. I go to Sports Clips. It is a barbershop full of TVs tuned to various [...]
