How do we live as Advent People?
Black Friday was indeed a black day. There were incidents throughout the country of death and violence connected to the door buster sales offered. There was the 34-year-old man who was trampled to death when [...]
As a Christian, who, if anyone, would be on your "Axis of Evil" list?
As Christians, do we have a list of people or countries that we would consider evil and if so, who would they be? The phrase, "Axis of Evil" has been recently used by our president [...]
Would Jesus hang out with gay people?
Unfortunately, we regressed in our Blog participation last week - after a record 8 comments on our question, "How Would Jesus Vote?", we got a grand total of...zip, zero, nada...last week. I'm sure folks were [...]
Money, mulah, filthy lucre, mammon…how do YOU talk about it?
This week's blog question is on a topic that we're all thinking about - especially us'ns who are in the church biz: money. It's stewardship season! And although we emphasize that stewardship (a vastly misunderstood [...]
How would Jesus vote?
The question for this week has to do with what we're all thinking about...well, at least one of the things we can't avoid thinking about: the election.Obviously, I mean for the title of this entry [...]
Lawrenceville Church a Web 2.0 Congregation? What Do You Think?
Jeff V. writing here.... I'm back after a long summer's nap. This post is really an attempt to re-establish our blogging practice as a church...and that's the subject of the post.I've obviously been rather reluctant [...]
The pope agrees with me?
As a response to my sermon last week, a church member forwarded to me Beliefnet's daily joke (http://www.beliefnet.com/dailyjoke/DailyJoke.aspx?QID=3621). Though I usually delete without reading the joke emails that people send to me, I'm thinking of [...]
Did Jesus Laugh?
Did Jesus Laugh?This is the central question around which the mystery novel The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco, turns—a book most worthy of reading, not only for its clever plot, but for the [...]
A Confession and a Final Critique
I write as I watch the Academy Awards Ceremony...a true procrastinator, as you all already know. I'm behind on my blog entry this week. And I want Mark Smith also to know that I am [...]
A Mission Statement
First, some bonus material on last week's theme...dealing with Character and Suffering. Stuff that was left on the cutting room floor. I'm repeating this from a post I did last week, because I thought folk [...]
Does Suffering Build Character?
This entry accompanies the 2nd in a 4-part sermon series "Character: Christian Life Practice".I ran cross country in high school - the only sport I could possibly have earned a letter in because it required [...]
Maiden Voyage…"The Character of Character"
Friday morning. I write as I stare at the usual blank screen waiting for the muse to show up and help me organize the tangle of thoughts in my head into a coherent Sunday message [...]