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.)

Those Winter Sundays

Those Winter Sundays (by Robert Hayden) Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him. I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking. When the rooms were warm, he’d call, and slowly …

Trust

Simple Sunday Sermons: Trust (Deut. 33:27)

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Frost

Frost (by Arthur Sze) Notice each windowpane has a different Swirling pattern of frost etched on the glass. And notice how slowly the sun melts The glaze. It is indelible: a fossil of a fern, Or a coelacanth, or a derelict who Rummages in his pockets and pulls out a few Apple cores. Notice the peculiar angle of light in …

On Preaching

On Preaching by Frederick Buechner "There is perhaps no better proof for the existence of God than the way year after year he survives the way his professional friends promote him. If there are people who remain unconvinced, let them tune in their TVs to almost any of the big-time pulpit-pounders almost any Sunday morning of the year." (From Whistling …

Why Not Settle This Issue Once and For All?

Simple Sunday Sermons: Why Not Settle This Issue Once and For All? (Mark 1:11)

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Beannacht

Beannacht (by John O'Donohue) Sometimes all you can do is bless someone and wish them blessing. You can't change what they're going through, though you wish you could. It' difficult to figure out how to ease their suffering or bear their burden. Sometimes all you can do is send them love from within, hold hope for them when they can't …

Two Giant Fat People

Two Giant Fat People (by Hafiz) God and I have become Like two giant fat people Living in a tiny boat. We keep Bumping into each other And laughing. Forgive me for being so politically incorrect by sharing this poem here. Perhaps Hafiz could have been a bit more diplomatic by saying "overweight" instead of fat. But nonetheless, I love …

Through You!

Simple Sunday Sermons: Through You! (Matthew 2:1-12)

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There Are Men Too Gentle to Live Among Wolves

There Are Men Too Gentle to Live Among Wolves (by James Kavanaugh) There are men too gentle to live among wolves Who prey upon them with IBM eyes And sell their hearts and guts for martinis at noon. There are men too gentle for a savage world Who dream instead of snow and children and Halloween And wonder if the …

Where's the Peace?

Simple Sunday Sermons: Where's the Peace? (Col. 3:15)

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Release

Release (by Peter Friedrichs) I wish I were like the trees, Who let their leaves go gracefully, without regret. Or the tumbling stream that flushes silt to sea, Exchanging murkiness for blessed clarity. Or the dandelion, who bows its head to the subtle breeze, Unleashing its future without fear or loss. Instead, I drive white-knuckled, defensive, as we were taught, …

A Prayer We Never Have to Pray Because of Christmas

Simple Sunday Sermons: A Prayer We Never Have to Pray Because of Christmas (Phil. 4:5)

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