Over the past few years, I played bass guitar in a classic rock cover band called AJ and the Drifters. AJ had played lead and rhythm guitar and took point on the mic. His brother Joe held down the fort on the kit, and I sang back up vocal harmonies and noodled around on...
In the movie The Sound of Music, Captain Georg von Trapp hosts a reception at his home for prominent members of Austrian society and state dignitaries, and at which he intends to introduce The Baroness Elsa von Schraeder as his fiancée. At bedtime, his seven children sing the song, So Long, Farewell. Some of them are...
Change is an inevitable part of life. It touches every aspect of our existence, from the personal and spiritual to the communal and global. As members of the church, understanding and embracing the value of change is crucial for our growth and for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. While change can sometimes be challenging...
The church calendar describes two periods of Ordinary Time. One begins the day after the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (the end of the Christmas season) and ends on the day before Ash Wednesday. The other begins on the Monday after Pentecost (the conclusion of Eastertide) and continues until the Saturday before...
In Deuteronomy 5:8-9, God said: You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the LORD your...