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Pondering a Shooting Star
This morning, before first light, as I sat staring into the vast expanse of stars, I watched a meteor streak across the sky, so bright it left a wide fiery tail in its wake. It filled me with a sense of awe. As I pondered this ephemeral gift I remembered that what...
A New Story
I am in the midst of a remarkable transformative experience. A very old and toxic story that had taken up residence in my head (or my soul - difficult to say for sure) has been given a cease and desist order, and a new story is in the process up of cleaning house....
Wait for It! (a sermon)
Wait for It! Luke 24: 44-49 Roger Lynn October 16, 2022 Once upon a time there was a TV commercial for ketchup which featured various people waiting for the ketchup to slowly pour out of the bottle, while Carly Simon’s “Anticipation” played in the background. The...
Show Up and Shine
In the early morning darkness I sit in the hot tub and stare up at the stars. Occasionally I watch a point of light sweep across the sky, dancing among the stars. Those are satellites in orbit around our planet. They are hundreds of miles above me, and on average...
A House of Living Stone (a sermon)
A House Of Living Stone John 14: 1-3 & I Peter 2: 4-6 & 9-10 Roger Lynn October 9, 2022 The world can sometimes be a frightening place. There are wars and rumors of war, crime in our cities, violence in our schools, poverty and hunger devastating lives...
to be alive
to be Alive is to be surrounded by Mystery and immersed in Beauty in every Moment of every Day I can see it or not but either way it remains True so I choose to swim in a Sea of Stars and walk in the company of Awe and Wonder because Perspective shifts my...
Early Morning Star Pondering
Nothing I perceive or experience is “real.” It doesn’t exist. The stars I see when I look up into the night sky are light-years away. The light I’m seeing left its source a long time ago. Even the light I am looking at right now coming from the screen of my phone...
Falling in Love
Most mornings find me sitting in the hot tub looking at the stars just as the not-yet-risen sun is beginning to color the eastern horizon. Today a haiku showed up, and left me smiling (as such things often do). But then this particular haiku revealed itself to be...
Abundant Life – A Test (a sermon)
Abundant Life – A Test John 10: 1-10 Roger Lynn October 2, 2022 In the process of living our lives we find ourselves faced with a variety of choices. Decisions must be made. Actions must be taken. As we seek to make those choices, whose voice do we listen to? Whose...