Category: Worship

SEEKER SENSITIVE

January 6, 2022

My word for 2022 is worship. The choice may seem a bit obvious given my vocation as a clergyman. However, while navigating the storms of life in 2021 and now transitioning into a new year, the abstract concept of worship has a concrete image attached to it, an anchor. Healthy life transitions require an anchoring … More SEEKER SENSITIVE

GIFTS OF ESSENCE

December 25, 2021

When the Magi worshipped the newborn Messiah, they presented him with gifts of “essence.” The essence of gold had emerged from a fiery trial. Wounded trees yielded the essences of frankincense and myrrh. When a wound on a tree penetrates through the bark and into the sapwood, the tree secretes a resin. Frankincense is made … More GIFTS OF ESSENCE