Dressed to Impress or Clothed with Christ?

Reflections on Galatians 3:23-29
Pentecost 4 C

 “Are you going out looking like that?” 

That’s what my mom used to holler at me as I was going out the door dressed in my normal hodgepodge way.

Our family didn’t believe in putting on airs, but even we had our standards, and I often pushed the edges of those.

Our lives […]

June 21st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Church, Church and Social Movements, Faith, Featured, Free Range Philosophy, John's Posts, Reflections on Sunday Readings, Worship Resources | Leave a comment

Trials and Tribulations

Competing at sheepdog trials robbed John of energy and shrank his world. He learns not to rely on drugs, but on spiritual work to counter these […]

June 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Border Collies, Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, Free Range Philosophy, John's Posts, Prayer, Sheep, Spirituality | Leave a comment

Devotion Used for Meet and Greet the Lambs

The people gathered for the Meet and Greet the Lambs Day at Heatherhope joined in this […]

May 25th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Prayer, Sheep, Spirituality, Worship Resources | Leave a comment

Be Ye Not Anxious (or Hysterical)

Contemplate the birds and the flowers of the field and do not surrender to the hysteria that fills our […]

May 25th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, Free Range Philosophy, John's Posts, Prayer, Spirituality | 2 comments

Dogs: Weapons of Mass Redemption

Dogs give us more than we expect and deserve. They can open windows into the grace of God and thereby heal the ravages of our own fear, hatred and violence. They can even heal the wounds of war itself. […]

April 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Border Collies, Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, Free Range Philosophy, John's Posts, Spirituality | Leave a comment
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