by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Jul 2, 2023
I don’t know about you, friends, but I can’t stand weeds! We are constantly doing battle with them in the cracks and crevices of our sidewalks: we’ve tried chemicals, a salt and vinegar spray, spent hours pulling them up by hand. And still they just laugh and keep...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Jun 25, 2023
“I don’t need ANYBODY’S forgiveness.” I was standing in the narthex of the church in New York City where I was serving as an associate pastor, when I heard a voice say that. The pastors were all greeting people exiting through different doors at the end of the...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Jun 18, 2023
“What does this situation need?” No matter what kind of situation is under consideration, if you’re asking The Beatles, then the answer is: “All you need is [pause, motion] love.” That’s right, “All you need is love, love, love. Love is all you need.” And based on...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Jun 11, 2023
“There is no ‘I’ in team.” It’s a classic sports cliché, reminding us that just as the word “team” does not have the letter “i” in it, the concept of a team doesn’t have a focus on the individual. If you focus on your own performance, you are inevitably letting the...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Jun 4, 2023
“Oi, mate; is this you?” U.S. football coach Ted Lasso is sitting on a plane winging its way towards Britain from the United States when a young, smug, English hipster approaches and shows him a paused video of Ted dancing ridiculously with a huge smile on his face,...
