Yesterday I preached a sermon on anxiety. First though, I arrived at the church where I was preaching with 10 minutes to spare and then noticed I didn't actually have my sermon notes with me. This is a very anxiety producing feeling. What occurred in the next 15 minutes was a flurry of me driving,… Continue reading Mammogram Monday
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Healing
Two years ago this week, I found a lump in my breast and began a journey with breast cancer that I never signed up for. In spite of never signing up, I was lucky. It was caught early, small, not in my lymph nodes. It required surgery, radiation and now a five year course of medication… Continue reading Healing
Four Gears
I'm not a car person. I love having a car. I like getting from point a to point b. I'm just not that into cars. I don't pay attention to things my car is doing or not doing. I know, that's bad. I don't know what kind of tires I have or if it needs… Continue reading Four Gears
I Want Us to See Them
In our local school district (Grapevine-Colleyville, Texas) there are over 3000 students identified as economically disadvantaged. That number grows every year, currently it is right at 1 in 4. These are the children on free and reduced lunch. This the little girl who showed up to see the school nurse on Monday morning with a tummy ache. … Continue reading I Want Us to See Them
Confessions From a Pastor
Soon we will begin a new sermon series at church, Confessions from the Pastors. I told my clergy colleagues I wasn't comfortable confessing things before God and everybody. One mentioned, "Isn't that what a confession is? Something you are uncomfortable admitting to God and others?" I hate it when one of them is right...it is so rare it… Continue reading Confessions From a Pastor
