2017: A Year in Review
The year is almost over, and 2018 will be here on Monday! It's hard to believe another year has flown by -- but, as they say, time flies...
Endings
Christmas is over, and the year swiftly draws to a close. Many of you are still recovering from -- or celebrating -- the holiday, but I...
Christmas Lists
As a final blog post before Christmas, I present a few things to keep in mind this holiday. Don'ts: don't forget what Christmas is all...
Linus
On Sunday morning, predictably I'll be preaching from Luke 2 -- the Christmas story. I know, I know; you've all heard it read at least...
The Summer of the Soul
Christmas is one week from today. You'll probably have one of three reactions to that news: panic ("I haven't finished my shopping...
Here We Go A-Caroling
Tonight is our church Christmas caroling excursion, and I'm excited. Even if you can't carry a tune in a bucket, it's fun to go around in...
Peace on Earth
The theme for the second week of Advent is peace, and peace is a wonderful thing. It might be argued we have more peace this week at RSCC...
Mother of God
Since this is one of the few times Protestants will actively discuss Mary, I'm going to take full advantage of it and post about her...
Blessed Virgin Mary
One of the hardest things for the nonbeliever to accept about Christmas is the virgin birth, that Mary was a virgin when she gave birth...
Season of Mercy
With December finally here and Christmas now mere weeks away, I want to talk about some the trappings surrounding our celebration of...