Bill's Blog - Monthly Summary

Hello! Here's a summary of my posts from the past month. I'm glad you're with me on the journey. My goal for this journey through life is to "wake up, remember and come alive," and help others do the same. So to that end, take what's helpful here and leave the rest! (Looking forward to reading some of your post comments as well.)

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A Harvest of Quirkiness

A Harvest of Quirkiness

A Harvest of Quirkiness (by Bruce Sanguin) Gracious God, how can creation sing your praises, except with the red wings of blackbirds flashing across blue sky, and the croak and splash of frogs playing hide-and-seek in the ponds? How can the firmament proclaim your handiwork, except in the wagging tail of a puppy, and the focused attention of a toddler …

Reflections About a Sunday Morning Worship Service

Reflections About a Sunday Morning Worship Service

Reflections About a Sunday Morning Worship Service. I went to Church on Sunday! Sometimes that's a hard thing for me to do. Why? Because I find the theology of the songs, emphasis on performance and preaching often depressing. So, why did I go? To hear my son play drums. And to use what I see and hear in the service …

An Alternative to Bad Billboard Theology (Part 3) - Even The Last Word Is Love.

Simple Sunday Sermons: An Alternative to Bad Billboard Theology (Part 3) - Even The Last Word Is Love. (Hebrews 9:26-28).

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Becoming Myself

Becoming Myself

Becoming myself. "Now, with God's help, I shall become myself." Soren Keirkegaard Perhaps we think that we have to become like someone else, or be someone else in order to be accepted or approved. Sometimes we don't like ourselves very much, especially as we compare ourselves with other people. What would it be like to come in to our own? …

Unending Love

Unending Love

Unending Love (by Rabbi Rami Shapiro) We are loved by an unending love. We are embraced by arms that find us even when we are hidden from ourselves. We are touched by fingers that soothe us even when we are too proud for soothing. We are counseled by voices that guide us even when we are too embittered to hear. …

The Eagle Who Thought He Was a Chicken

The Eagle Who Thought He Was a Chicken

The Eagle Who Thought He Was a Chicken. A fable is told about an eagle who thought he was a chicken. When the eagle was very small, he fell from the safety of his nest. A chicken farmer found the eagle, brought him to the farm, and raised him in a chicken coop among his many chickens. The eagle grew …

The Story of the Golden Buddha

The Story of the Golden Buddha

The Story of the Golden Buddha. Many years ago in Thailand there is a temple that was called the temple of the Golden Buddha. And there was a huge statue of Golden Buddha. And word came to this village where the monastery was that an army from a neighboring country was about to invade. And they got the brilliant scheme …

An Alternative To Bad Billboard Theology (Part 2) - Forgiven Forever.

Simple Sunday Sermons: An Alternative To Bad Billboard Theology (Part 2) - Forgiven Forever. (Hebrews 9:26-28).

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A Morning Offering

A Morning Offering

A Morning Offering (by John O'Donohue) I bless the night that nourished my heart To set the ghosts of longing free Into the flow and figure of dream That went to harvest from the dark Bread for the hunger no one sees. All that is eternal in me Welcome the wonder of this day, The field of brightness it creates …

Fellowship of the Unashamed

Fellowship of the Unashamed

Fellowship of the Unashamed. The author is unknown, but is believed to be a young pastor in Zimbabwe who was martyred for his faith in Jesus Christ. It was found in his study: "I'm part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have the Holy Spirit's power. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision …

Life in Reverse

Life in Reverse

Life in Reverse by George Carlin "The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A death. What's that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first; get it out …

An Alternative To Bad Billboard Theology (Part 1) - The Beautiful Presence of God.

Simple Sunday Sermons: An Alternative To Bad Billboard Theology (Part 1) - The Beautiful Presence of God. (Hebrews 9:26-28).

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Sonnet 29

Sonnet 29

Sonnet 29 (by Shakespeare) When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries And look upon myself and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featured like him, like him with friends possessed, Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, …

Christianity Is Not A Religion

Christianity is not a religion

"Christianity is not a religion. Christianity is the proclamation of the end of religion, not of a new religion, or even of the best of all religions. If the cross is the sign of anything, it's the sign that God has gone out of the religion business and solved all of the world's problems without requiring a single human being to do a single religious thing. What the cross is actually a sign of is the fact that religion can't do a thing about the world's problems - that it never did work and it never will."
Robert F. Capon

The Fisherman and Businessman

The Fisherman and Businessman

The Fisherman and Businessman. A vacationing American businessman standing on the pier of a quaint coastal fishing village in southern Mexico watched as a small boat with just one young Mexican fisherman pulled into the dock. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. Enjoying the warmth of the early afternoon sun, the American complimented the Mexican on the …

Two Sparrows

Simple Sunday Sermons: Two Sparrows (Matthew 10:29).

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