In 1859 Charles Blondin became famous for walking across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. After his first successful attempt he began to do it many times with different gimmicks. But, the time he is most famous for is the day he walked across niagara falls blindfolded pushing a wheelbarrow. The crowd ooh’d and aah’d with each step, the tension mounting over each movement. And when he completed his 1/4 mile walk the crowd erupted with cheers. The story goes that Blondin played to their emotions…Continue Reading “Prodigal Son 3 – Beyond Belief”
Announcement and Experiment
Categories Jesus, Luke 15, News, Parables, Prodigal Son, Religion, TheologyI think most know by now, but in June I’ll be back under an appointment. I’ll be serving part time at Hopewell UMC. This I am quite excited about. So, for the last couple weeks I’ve been dusting off my sermonizing brainstorm abilities. With this I have a little experiment I would like to try. I love to give messages. I enjoy the studying, learning about a topic or a passage, finding out about the background, finding new nuances, treasures that bring new life to…Continue Reading “Announcement and Experiment”
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, from the earth you came, to the earth you shall return. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of lent, a 40 day preparation towards the cross and ultimately resurrection. It is a time of preparation, it is a time of in some ways dying. Because death is the engine of life. Unless a seed falls to the ground and dies it can never be anything more than a seed. Lent is a somber time in which we make an inward…Continue Reading “Ash Wednesday Reflections”