Clotheslines

This past Sunday we talked about our facial expressions, the stories they tell. I am a visual person, and when I hear the parables that Jesus tells, the pictures they paint are as big as life, and none are bigger than the story of the Prodigal Son. I’m sure you’ve heard the expression “the eyes are the window to the soul.” Well, the face and all its expressions are the window to the soul and everything else! What you see on someone’s face tells a story of large proportions! T

Lent is a time of introspection, soul-searching. How is my relationship with Jesus these days? And we’ve had a lot to think about these past few weeks. On Ash Wednesday we talked about how our behavior toward one another is so important and how prayer is our best defense to keep us on the right path. Next, we talked about the dangers of temptation, and how Jesus showed us to beware of Satan’s tricks, that he knows what buttons to push. Then we looked at our fears through the

This week in our Lenten preaching series entitled Facing the Cross, we looked at something that we might deal with on a daily basis: Facing our Fears. And our Old Testament lesson was a perfect example of human fear. Abram has a vision and a conversation with God: “Abram, count the stars in the sky, if you can. So shall your descents be!” That doesn’t sound very frightening, does it? Well, not on the surface…but look deeper. Abram is almost one hundred years old! And Sarah? A

Today is Ash Wednesday, a day when we are reminded: You are dust, and unto dust you shall return. That always reminds me of a joke I heard years ago about a woman who said she never dusted, because she didn’t want to disturb whoever was coming or going! But seriously, thinking that ‘we are dust and unto dust we shall return’ is a sobering thought. Last Sunday we saw Jesus transfigured before Peter, James and John, where his skin was glowing, and his clothes were white as snow

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