Are you trying to carry the burden of Christmas? In this post, I remind myself and you to cast our burdens on the one whose birth we celebrate at Christmas.
Let Christmas Carry You
Breathe Without Ceasing
Are you feeling anxious and stressed out? Are you finding it difficult to pray? Is so, then I want to share with you a simple spiritual practice that I have found helpful, the practice of breathing, and letting our breathing become prayer.
Discovering Your Vocation
Let's ponder the right questions to ask when we are not sure what to do with our life, and find our vocation.
Worrying about the Right Things
If you could fix one thing that is wrong about our world, what would it be? I recently asked groups of middle-schoolers this question, and here are a few of their answers: “Violence in schools” “Climate change” “Terrorism” “World hunger” “Deforestation” “Communism” “Nuclear Armageddon” I’m not sure what I was worried about in middle school,…
Pondering “Thoughts and Prayers”
As a former economist and current pastor, I was intrigued by an article in the news with this attention-grabbing headline: “Not everybody wants thoughts and prayers after a disaster, according to a study of hurricane survivors.” (https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/16/health/thoughts-prayers-study-wellness-trnd/index.html) One of the authors of this study said this: “The idea came from the mere observation of how…
Let’s ponder our way together
Thanks for visiting my blog! Here you can find my sermon manuscripts, along with my pastoral ponderings on a variety of other topics that are important to me. I hope you find something helpful as we ponder our way together through God's beloved world.
My Pastoral Ponderings 