“For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the Festival” 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 (ESV) I can remember my favorite meal of all time. A friend had invited me on a trip to Germany, Austria and Switzerland. We had rented a car in Munich and drove to the Bavarian Alps. At lunch…
Category: Faith
Grace
Have you ever had the thought “I wish my church could be more like the church of the first century?” What did you have in mind? Were you thinking of a closely knit community of believers who were radically committed to each other and they were turning the community upside down with the Gospel? Unfortunately,…
Do I Need to Observe the Sabbath?
My first thought when thinking about writing on the topic of the Sabbath was: “I shouldn’t be the one doing this, I don’t practice Sabbath very well.” My second thought was: “Well, maybe I should be doing it better.” And my third: “What exactly am I supposed to do to observe the Sabbath?” The Sabbath…
Significance of Christmas
Every year as December approaches the call goes out among Christians to remember the “real reason for Christmas.” As television specials about Rudolph, Frosty and The Grinch are joined with songs about rocking around the Christmas tree and grandma getting run over by reindeer, it is easy to feel like Jesus’ birth gets lost in…
Showing Up for the Next Generation
I’m a doer. I have checklists and I find great satisfaction checking off my little hand-drawn boxes on lists. I’m also a busy mom – with three kids, a dog and a husband, a full-time job, a home to care for and everything (and everyone) else in between – busyness calls the shots in my…