Thankfulness is the Mother of Nearly All Good Things

          Of all places, I came across a quote from the Roman Senator, Cicero, on the business website, Forbes.com.  He said, back in Julius Caesar’s time, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”  That was the gist of what Bishop Trimble said to us from the pulpit.  ‘Thank you’ is not only a beautiful prayer, it is the well spring from which love, grace, and Christian living flow. 

A Little Forgiveness Goes a Long Way

       I thought this week I'd just share, once again, what I used for the benediction in Sunday's worship.  I had several requests for the quote that is included within it.
      Here it is… 

God’s Top 10 Life Hacks

     This coming Sunday we will start a new sermon series, God’s Top 10 Life Hacks. We are going to look at the most important rules for living in Western history—The Ten Commandments. Rather than thinking of them as onerous commands, we will try and understand these instructions from God’s perspective.

The Jesus Guilt Cure

 When I was in seminary, I remember reading a psychologist who said that guilt is healthy if it lasts no more than five minutes or results in a change of behavior.  I put the book down and thought: “Lord, my life is nothing but an onion with layer upon layer of unhealthy guilt.”