Loving the Life I Never Wanted

When I was 6 years old, I wanted to grow up and sing like Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz.  I loved my khaki plastic record player which played my Dad’s amazing album collection, including the soundtracks for The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady and jazz greats like [...]

Singular Perspective: Blue Christmases

I’ve always loved Christmas.  Everything about it.  Any season that comes with it’s own soundtrack is bound to appeal to someone like me.  I also love that it comes with it’s own scents, like mulled cider, fir trees and cookies baking.  But even though I’m not a strict traditionalist, I love the intentionality of celebration that [...]

Confronted by God’s Love

As a result of preparing for and teaching our weekly Bible Study, I find my heart heavy this afternoon.  Our current series of lessons is on love.  What a great subject.  Last  week we talked about how God loves us completely and for always.  We can’t make him love us more or less.  His love [...]