Sunrise, Clouds and Gratitude
Tweet by Rev. Garrett Andrew I had to wake Langston one recent morning. Time has not yet changed and it is dark in the morning, really dark. He looked outside and told me, “Dad it isn’t morning yet, it’s still dark outside.” Sometimes we have to get up too early, sometimes the light isn’t out, [...]
Read More →By God’s Grace
Tweet by Garrett Andrew I shared this story once in a sermon, but I was reminded of it again when I saw someone being hurt by another. I recall the kid I met in summer camp when I was young who had Down Syndrome. He had that wonderfully infections loving way about him that is [...]
Read More →Testament to God Being at Work
Tweet by Rev. Garrett Andrew God is at work! That is all I have to tell you, in fact that is all that needs to be told. My life is a testament to God being at work, and I hope, should you be able to muster enough faith, that you can also look back upon [...]
Read More →Worship is about God, not us
Tweet I have been away in Chicago for three weeks where I am working on a doctorate in ministry degree. Before I say anything more, please know that I will not be receiving this degree for another two years and in no way do I want to be called “doctor” upon its completion. I simply [...]
Read More →Religious or Spiritual?
Tweet by Rev. Garrett Andrew It is fascinating to me how many people these days identify as spiritual but not religious. I have mostly taken it negatively, probably because of who I am. Most of the time I hear that I assume that someone really is not anything. That person does not go to church, [...]
Read More →Remembering the Mothers and All Women
Tweet Today is Mother’s Day. To those of you who are mothers I say, “Happy Mother’s Day.” I know that I wish I was with my mother today, but I also know that my three siblings are taking care of her back home. It will be a happy day for her. However, perhaps because I [...]
Read More →Bad Things,Good People
Tweet by Garrett Andrew One of my favorite writers/preachers, Fredrick Buechner, once said, “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” Terrible things happen. A person or people decided to bomb runners and those that love them. Three are dead, many more are maimed, lives have been altered by violence [...]
Read More →Spring and Renewal
Tweet This is one of my favorite times of the year. Flowers are blooming wherever I look. The weather is warming but the chill of the morning air is still present. Things are starting to look greener. Days are getting longer. All in all life is beginning to resurrect from the dark days of winter.
Read More →Running toward the “God Light”
Tweet “This is the crisis we’re in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God. Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil, addicted to denial and illusion, hates God-light and won’t come near it, [...]
Read More →Living a Life of Celebration or Complaint
Tweet My son got into the bed with me and my wife this morning and I could feel him staring at me. It was the kind of stare where I could sense the cogs of his mind working and I did not have to ask what he was thinking because he would soon tell me. [...]
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