A small, wooden cross sits in the front of our sanctuary. We don’t have anything too ornate in the worship space. This cross is as close as it gets. It was cut and carved from a single piece of oak…
I don’t observe as much of it as I used to. It’s essential and the world is missing something when it’s absent. Respect. I grew up with Walter Cronkite, Ronald Reagan, and Joe Montana. The journalist, the President, the quarterback—they…
Eight Things to Stop Doing You want to grow. Lose a little weight. Save some money. Get along better with people. Resemble Christ more closely. So we make a directory of things we need to start doing. We usually fail.…
I bought a pair of brown, leather shoes from the sale rack at Scheel’s last summer. I noticed, at weddings especially, that brown was the new black so I jumped on the bandwagon. I wore them to weddings and other…
I have a companion. I’ve known her since childhood. When I ran races in high school and college she made me run one more mile. As a student she made me proofread essays one more time and listen to the…
This month at The Water’s Edge, WE are preparing for a pretty good Christmas. Not an attempt at a perfect Christmas filled with stress and disappointment. But a pretty good Christmas. A Christmas that we buy less but give more.…
I was at in line at the grocery store the other day buying almond milk eggnog and some ground beef. It was two days after Thanksgiving. The clerk asked the customer in front of me how she was doing. The…
I’m excited about the next month at The Water’s Edge. WE are going to be talking about and experiencing Christmas. Christmas is a season some people wait for all year. It is a season other people dread. Christmas is a…