Apr 21, 2020
Robertson Davis said, “The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” Has anyone ever said to you, “You see what you want to see!” In my previous appointment one of my jobs was to do some introductory pastoral counseling with...
Apr 17, 2020
It was an unlikely place for beautiful violin music. There was no concert hall, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, not even a school auditorium. It was a parking lot . . . the Food Lion parking lot in Troutman. You could see people pausing (more than 6 feet apart) to...
Apr 10, 2020
None of us WANT to hurt. And as I’ve said before, I do think it is possible for someone’s heart to literally hurt as it is emotionally breaking. Richard Rohr writes about how the Franciscans were great catalysts in the world understanding the crucifixion in a more...
Apr 9, 2020
Today is Holy Thursday. The evening Jesus ate the Passover Meal with his best friends. The night he went to the garden and agonized over what was yet to come. And a night spent in deep prayer. Over the past four weeks, we as a church have worshiped together virtually....
Apr 8, 2020
In the past 48 hours I’ve heard so many share how they’ve been laid off, literally 6 people within a few short hours shared how for the first time ever they are filing for unemployment. While these are not normal “Holy Week” devotions, talking...
Apr 7, 2020
It was so crowded, the day we went to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem last year. Truly, you had to hold on to the shirt of the person in front of you at times to not be separated and get lost in the masses. We were guided to the top of the church because...
