In the family room
Posted in Inspiration, Photos, Scripture on Jun 28th, 2008
Rev. Thom Shuman shares a thoughtful essay on hospitality, one of the scriptural themes for this weekend.
[via Occasional Sightings of the Gospel]
[photo via Stitch]
Category Archive for 'Inspiration'
Planet Palmolive?
Posted in Inspiration, Photos on Jun 19th, 2008
It may look like a NASA photo of a distant planet, but it’s actually a picture of a soap bubble. See how it was made here.
The R Word
Posted in Inspiration, People, Random Thoughts on May 7th, 2008
It’s a horrible word and a horrific act. Rape is violence, without a doubt, and yet it is confusing to those of us who have never had to deal with it or its after effects. Confusing because the violence is sexual in nature and, in my mind anyway, violence and sex are polar [...]
One Sentence
Posted in Inspiration, Random Thoughts on Apr 23rd, 2008
There’s a blog I’ve recently discovered that really fascinates me. One Sentence is a collection of true stories told in, yes, only one sentence. We never know the fuller context–and that’s part of the appeal, I guess. Some of them are captivating and make my mind wander to what might have happened [...]
Are sermons relevant?
Posted in Inspiration on Mar 30th, 2008
At my friend’s church, the worship leader gives a message each Sunday, backed up by a message outline in the worship folder and cool graphics projected on large screens. The whole event is captured on video so you can sit in the back of the 3,000 seat auditorium and still feel like part of [...]
Places of worship
Posted in Inspiration on Mar 7th, 2008
Prayers for a kitty named Sam
Posted in Inspiration on Feb 29th, 2008
Pastor Thom Shuman, a Presbyterian from Cincinnati, writes beautifully in response to this question:
“Is it inappropriate to ask for prayers for my kitty?” [...]
From the furnace of the stars
Posted in Inspiration, Scripture on Feb 11th, 2008
I’ve never really understood the standoff between conservative Christian faith and science. I have no problem reconciling my faith with the findings that science brings; in fact, I see them as mutually helpful. Where science tells me how things work, faith tells me why. God is behind creation and within it, [...]
Art from Scriptural study
Posted in Inspiration, Random Thoughts, Scripture on Jan 25th, 2008
This is a visualization of cross references within the Christian scriptures. It began as a study of Bible passages that refer to other passages, and was developed in a graphical way that has its own sense of majesty and beauty.
From the website:
Due to the extremely high number of cross-references, this lands more on [...]
Gordon’s Olives
Posted in Inspiration on Jan 23rd, 2008
Gordon Atkinson is a wonderful author, preacher, and blogger. His essay, “Olives, Wineskins, White Bread, & Jesus” is a marvelous piece of writing. There is a bit of earthy language here, but don’t let that throw you. It’s a divine message.
[via Real Live Preacher]
Advent: Too busy?
Posted in Inspiration, Scripture on Dec 3rd, 2007
From Sunday’s sermon, Timing is Everything:
Jesus says that we need to be counted among his faithful people when that day of wonder and surprise comes. We need to be ready…we need to LIVE ready for Christ’s return.
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus gives us an example of a man working in the field and [...]
About the banner
Posted in Banner, Community, Inspiration, Olmsted Community Church, People, Photos on Nov 18th, 2007
I was overwhelmed by the number of volunteers and the amount of food collected at Olmsted Falls’ annual “Turkey Hunt” food collection for the needy. Tables were piled with canned and boxed foods that will go to needy families in time for Thanksgiving. It was a well organized and inspiring kind of event, [...]
Hope
Posted in Inspiration, Random Thoughts on Nov 17th, 2007
[from The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus]
Under the table at the Last Supper
Posted in Inspiration on Nov 14th, 2007
Several years ago I was traveling in Italy. Spending a couple of days in Milan, I went on an afternoon excursion to find Leonardo DaVinci’s famous painting, “The Last Supper”. It’s not in a museum. It’s painted on the wall of the dining room (refectory) in a church’s convent in a residential [...]
For the beauty of the earth
Posted in Inspiration, Photos on Oct 24th, 2007
I thought it would never get here, but the fall color in northern Ohio has arrived in full splendor. It’s particularly amazing in Olmsted Falls. Here are a few samples from my photo pages:
For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth [...]