Archive for September, 2008

September 28, 2008

Ez 18:25-28
Phil 2:1-11 or 2:1-5
Mt 21:28-32
I was listening to tapes on compassion and generosity a few weeks ago. The speaker said that her father always had money in his pocket for street people who might request some assistance. She went on to say that she thought most of the street people would rather people look [...]

September 21, 2008

I can still hear my siblings and I say, “Places saved,” as we left our seat and headed off to use the bathroom during the television commercial. I don’t remember either of my parents telling us that we should use this phrase for bathroom breaks…must have learned it from my older siblings. It was very [...]

September 15, 2008

Nm 21:4b-9
Phil 2:6-11
Jn 3:13-17
About sixteen years ago I went for eight days with a group of women in August on a camping and canoeing trip to the northern boundaries of Minnesota; it is called the Boundary Waters. I was asked to bring a bandana on the trip to use as a wash clothe for cleaning. [...]