Blast From the Past!

We did something fun and different in the preschool this morning! Mindy came in and read “Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type” to the children. They enjoyed repeating the tagline, “Click, clack, moooooo.” It’s a great book if you want to check it out!

Then, Mindy brought in the church’s old typewriter, and the children got a . . . → Read More: Blast From the Past!

Wonderful Winter!

It may not feel much like Winter in the Rochester area so far, but here at St. Mark’s Preschool we’re learning all about this cold, snowy season! Since we got back from Christmas break, we’ve been reading books about Winter, including “Snow Bear,” “A Hat for Minerva Louise,” and “Biscuit’s Snowy Day.”

The children’s favorite activity over . . . → Read More: Wonderful Winter!

Fevers

Sermon Text: Mark 1:4-11
Full Text of Sermon

The flu knocked me out for a considerable amount of time this week. And when you are chilling and sweating some different lines come into you head. And I’m sure I didn’t get to refine this one enough. And I feel like I am way out there . . . → Read More: Fevers

Rock-a-bye baby: Some Preliminary Thoughts – Post #2

I want to pick back up the subject from yesterday. And I want to do it in a very specific way. We can trace a bunch of the problems within the denomination or you could say within the 1st world western church back to the 1960’s. Historically they go back farther, but that . . . → Read More: Rock-a-bye baby: Some Preliminary Thoughts – Post #2

Merry Christmas from St. Mark’s Preschool!

I’ve been lax about writing, but I wanted to update everyone about what’s been happening at St. Mark’s Preschool! In the beginning of November, we finished up our Creepy Crawlies theme by learning about spiders. The children loved reciting along with “The Very Busy Spider” by Eric Carle. We spent the rest of the month learning . . . → Read More: Merry Christmas from St. Mark’s Preschool!

Hymns We Sing – Praise Be to Christ

When we tell the story of Jesus there really are two biblical starting points. You can start like the Gospel of John – ‘in the beginning was the word…”. Or you begin like Matthew & Luke with genealogies or human origin stories. One is called a Theology from Above. The eternal Word . . . → Read More: Hymns We Sing – Praise Be to Christ

Benedict-Wilson Wedding Sermon

I don’t usually add these occasional sermons. They usually are so specific to the event that I don’t think there is much that someone could get out of them without that background. This is one I think a little differently about. I really liked this sermon (if I do say so myself). . . . → Read More: Benedict-Wilson Wedding Sermon

More on ‘not reading Romans 7′

From Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan (via WSJ)

Recognizing the cancerous effect of this corruption, voters of the first State, acting through referendum, enact several campaign finance measures previously approved by this Court. They cap campaign contributions; require disclosure of substantial donations; and create an optional public financing program that gives candidates a . . . → Read More: More on ‘not reading Romans 7′

The mean streets of the cookie business…

This is cute, but . . . → Read More: The mean streets of the cookie business…

When God isn’t done with you…

One of our elders forwarded my this email… (urban legend check says its true.)

Look at the picture above and you can see where this driver
broke through the guardrail, on the right side of the culvert,
where the people are standing on the road, pointing.

The pick-up was traveling about 75 mph from right to left
when it crashed through . . . → Read More: When God isn’t done with you…