St. Patrick is renowned and revered for bringing Christianity to Ireland. He was a missionary and, for his efforts, is now the patron saint of Ireland. Every March 17 we celebrate St. Patrick and his mission by wearing green, eating corned beef and listening to the Dropkick Murphys. Also by getting severely inebriated.Read more
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This post was all about rest and taking a break. Apparently people took that as an invitation to take a break from reading this post. Today is Labor Day in the United States. The holiday celebrates the contributions of workers and was organized by labor unions in the late 19th century. God also celebrates work butRead more
I remember I wrote this post while in Las Vegas visiting my grandma. It’s another post that benefited from Google Image searches. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think people mainly used the Internet to find pictures of Dig ‘Em Frog. Today is St. Patrick’s Day. It’s a time to celebrate, eat corned beef and breakRead more
At Christmas we celebrate the birth of Christ who described his mission as this: The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressedRead more
I have been thinking a lot about Christmas. And not just Christmas in general, but the things which distract us from Christmas. This weekend I preached a sermon about how all of the traditions and parties in the Christmas season can blind us to how God might want to work in our lives during thisRead more
I love Christmas music and now that we’re through Thanksgiving I am listening to Christmas music nonstop. Whether that’s on my iPod or tuning into one of XM’s holiday stations, I am filling my life with Christmas music. I love all of the traditional Christmas carols; a lot of them have really deep theological meanings.Read more