Sunday Conversations

All we are saying...is give peace a chance. No no no no no. Cut. Stop the song. Shut it down. That doesn't seem to be enough. We can't just give peace a chance, we have to work hard to make it a priority, to make it happen, to create it. We are into the 7th simple...

In my household, 3 of 4 people need glasses. If you do the math, you'll know that 1 of 4 don't. That '1' is me. If you don't need glasses or contacts, you don't really understand what the other vision-deficient people deal with. Only those who wear glasses understand...

We reach a part of the Beatitudes where things shift. We go from posture to action, from acknowledging where we are, to determining who we will be and how we respond to the new kingdom values that are making themselves at home in our heart. Here’s where we’ve been so...

How many foodies reading this post? Notice how foodies seem to want to out do each other on their food-i-ness? “I’m more of a foodie than you are” Or when we try and out do someone in our passion for a certain food. “I like this more than you do”  We might not say it,...

Have you ever seen the movie, A Night’s Tale? It was (the late) Heath Ledger’s first big introduction to the movie world. Set in Medieval times, Ledger plays the peasant born William Thatcher who, against all odds, climbs up the competitive jousting ranks. One scene...

When was the last time you lost something important? money documents socks (meaningless, but frustrating) I recently willingly lost (sold) a guitar I really liked (I'm still a little sad) We loosely use the term grief when this happens… We don’t however loosely use...

A bunch of years ago I was a fan of a family sit-com. Anyone remember, “8 simple rules”? - 2 parents / 3 kids - the kids were different & unique (one daughter was vain, the other was smart, the son was rambunctious) - This was also John Ritter’s final show (sad)...

What a journey we’ve been on from before Christmas to now. We’ve been talking about Being Present…and how it beats out trying to be perfect. (check out the our past recaps) Thank you for engaging in this series. We’ve heard so many of you share how the word PRESENT...

This first week of the year, people have been trying to figure out what they should change in 2018. How do we decide what gets onto our resolution list? - We look at what’s not right in our life: our finances, our health, our relationships, our schedule, our calendar,...

In case you missed it, this advent we have been talking about being present – receiving (Jesus') presence and being present (to others). So how are we doing so far? Has our walk through advent and pre-christmas stories inspired you to be BE PRESENT to others as God...