by Carol Burns | Jul 9, 2023
Today’s Gospel story is a weird one; not really in terms of content, but in terms of what’s missing. You see, we find ourselves only 17 verses (and one beheading) after Jesus’ hometown rejection and his sending the disciples out two-by-two. There has been A...
by Carol Burns | 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 Carol Burns | 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 Carol Burns | 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 Carol Burns | Jun 16, 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 Carol Burns | 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,...
