Generosity is Often a Team Effort

  A 10-year-old boy from Liberia entered Mass General Hospital in Boston just before the COVID-19 pandemic. He was diagnosed with fibrous dysplasia, an uncommon bone disorder in which scar-like (fibrous) tissue develops in place of normal bone. This massive...
What Jesus Cannot Do

What Jesus Cannot Do

Easter Sunday April 12, 2020 It’s dawn in Galilee. Jesus is already awake. It was rare that the sun crested the horizon before Jesus awoke from his sleep. He was an early riser, accustomed to prayer before the day began. The disciples are beginning to stir...
One Good Empty Thing

One Good Empty Thing

Sunrise Service April 12, 2020 Over the past six weeks, life has felt empty for a lot of people, and a good reason. Everywhere you go, everywhere you look, life has been emptied of our regular routines. Schools are empty. Playgrounds for children are abandoned....
The Church Has Left the Building

The Church Has Left the Building

The Church Has Left the Building April 5, 2020 It’s Palm Sunday. On Palm Sunday our children come down the aisle in the traditional service and wave palm branches, reminding us of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, as the people sang Jesus’...

Do Hummingbirds Worry?

I had a conversation with a bird last week. I’m not Dr. Dolittle, although my wife calls me that sometimes when it comes to doing housework. I asked, “Mr. Bird, why are you singing so much?” He said, “It’s springtime, don’t you...