A woman recently came to Fort Frederica with her dog to walk around. She told me she was killing time for a while because every day was the same during the stay at home order. I have never liked the expression “killing time” and I like it even less as I get older. Yes, I …
From Worship Experiences
Alone Together and Celebrating Easter
How was your Easter celebration? Did it feel like Easter as you celebrated alone together? Tom and I had a very nice Easter. After several people asked, I put together a short worship service for the volunteers here in the park and some of the staff. There were nine people all together, so it was …
Afraid, Yet Filled with Joy
On this Easter Sunday, how are you feeling? Easter is the most joyous day of the year for me and I always look forward to a church filled with people singing “Alleluia, Christ is risen!” But this year we are not in a church filled with people. Instead, we are home with a multitude of …
Jesus Christ Is the Same in a World of Uncertainty
Today is Palm Sunday. The first Palm Sunday in my life that I am not in a worship service of some kind. And it isn’t because I am working at the park or too far from a worship service to attend. It is because church is closed due to coronavirus. There are a lot of …
Standing Between the Living and the Dead
In Numbers 16, the Israelites are grumbling against Moses and Aaron – again. The chapter starts with outright disobedience among some of the priests. “Who do Moses and Aaron think they are, to set themselves above us?” they say. God opens up the earth which swallows these disobedient men and their families. But the next …
Climbing a Mountain One Step at a Time
Climbing a mountain is something I have done frequently in my life. Now, I don’t climb well and I certainly don’t climb fast, but the view from the top of a mountain is a thing of awesome wonder. Most of the mountains I manage to climb are little ones, 2,000 to 3,000 feet gain in …
Two Sizes Too Small: Making Room in our Hearts
I was thinking about the Grinch recently. You know, the one whose heart was two sizes too small. I know it isn’t Christmas, but I met a person who had a heart that seemed too small. He was doling out love with a thimble and seemed afraid to let anyone get too close to him. …
Lenten Discipline: Going Strong
We are only about a month from Easter, which seems amazing to me. So it seems like a good time to ask: Is your Lenten Discipline going strong? You may think, “what Lenten Discipline?” Did you give up something for Lent? Did you add a spiritual discipline? If we want to be good disciples of …
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” This phrase is common at funeral services as well at Ash Wednesday services. This last week, on Ash Wednesday, my siblings and parents heard it at both. My sister-in-law’s mother died and her funeral was on Ash Wednesday. My parents and sister attended the funeral to support my brother’s …
Waiting for Our Ship To Come In
This last week our friend, Kris Moye, came to St. Simons for a visit. You will be hearing more about her visit soon, but I wanted to write today about one of the things we spent a lot of time doing while she was here. Waiting for our ship to come in. Now, we weren’t …