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Lego Art

My 6-year-old is a master Lego builder. He carefully follows the detailed instructions and puts together sets far beyond his age range. If I don’t take a picture quickly though, the medications will already be underway. After finishing a double decker London bus, he immediately wondered “what if the bus got a flat tire andContinueContinue reading “Lego Art”

Measuring God

Saturday, September 27 Reading: Zechariah 2:5-9, 14-15a I raised my eyes and looked, and there was a man with a measuring cord in his hand. I asked, “Where are you going?” And he said, “To measure Jerusalem—to see how great its width is and how great its length.” Then the angel who spoke with meContinueContinue reading “Measuring God”

Bee Stings and God’s Abundance

Saturday, September 20 Reading: Luke 8:4-15 When a large crowd was gathering, as people were coming to him from town after town, he said in a parable: “A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed some fell on a path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ateContinueContinue reading “Bee Stings and God’s Abundance”

A Thirsty Cactus

Saturday, September 13 Reading: Luke 6:43-49 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, andContinueContinue reading “A Thirsty Cactus”

Interrupted Times

Reading: Luke 6:1-5 One Sabbath while Jesus was going through some grain fields, his disciples plucked some heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did whenContinueContinue reading “Interrupted Times”

Straw, Sticks, Bricks

August 29, Friday Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist First Reading: Jeremiah 1:17-19 But you, gird up your loins; stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not break down before them, or I will break you before them. And I for my part have made you today aContinueContinue reading “Straw, Sticks, Bricks”

The Pooper-Scooper

I didn’t WANT a bunny. I did not even WANT to WANT a bunny. And yet, here we are. We are knee-deep in critter litter, Timothy hay, and various chew toys. My daughter has been asking for her own pet for a very long time. While we have a very elderly and antisocial family dog,ContinueContinue reading “The Pooper-Scooper”

The Wounds I Touch

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? ContinueContinue reading “The Wounds I Touch”

Spices and Hope, an Offering

Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025 “At daybreak on the first day of the week the women who had come from Galilee with Jesus took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they entered, they did not find the body of theContinueContinue reading “Spices and Hope, an Offering”

I second that motion!

“So the Pharisees said to him, “You testify on your own behalf, so your testimony cannot be verified.” Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I do testify on my own behalf, my testimony can be verified, because I know where I came from and where I am going.” – John 8:14 In parliamentaryContinueContinue reading “I second that motion!”