Pastor’s Blog
Redirection: Mark 9:6-7
There's a joke used in movies and sitcoms sometimes of the jaded teacher's lounge: a sad, dim place filled with tired adults smoking and ignoring the kids. The kids are up to their shenanigans, and the teachers either yell or ignore them. No energy to attempt patient redirection anymore. There's another joke used sometimes about the bright-eyed, eager young teacher who thinks he or she can change the world. Both stereotypes are often played against one another. The kids have worn down teacher after teacher, and they'll get this next one eventually too..., or will they?
All Things Well: Mark 7:37
There's a bookstore in the college town where my daughter lives that sells the best puzzles. I buy one for my wife from time to time. They hold together even when you pick them up vertically. They are well-made puzzles.
Sometimes I feel like a poorly made human being, or perhaps another way to put it is that sometimes I feel like a well-made puzzle. Sometimes I just cannot figure myself out. What's wrong? Why do I feel like this? I don't know. It's a puzzle.
Deer Feet: Psalm 18:33, 36
I once met a man who called his son a “rock climber.” His son wasn’t someone who dabbled in buying the gear or who went on a trip to a national park that one time. No, he was a full-fledged rock climber. He plans trips based on the mountain’s challenge to his personal fitness, requiring his absolute attention to safety, and then he goes and takes on those challenges! So cool!