Smearing the Cake

I was at two weddings on Saturday. Neither of them smeared the cake. Why do I care? I think that smearing the cake at the wedding reception is a rude first way to treat your wife/husband. There are a lot of people that think smearing the cake is just a joke, there is nothing wrong… Continue reading Smearing the Cake

Washing Feet

Have you ever washed someone’s feet? Last night we had communion and Anabaptists still adhere to Christ’s example to wash one anothers feet. It is a powerfully moving experience. I’ve participated in foot washing services before, but I think each one brings a deeper meaning to the act of participating in something so lowly with… Continue reading Washing Feet

99 – good enough?

The poem, by Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane, made known by Ira D Sankey in the Hymm There Were Ninety and Nine brought to mind something I’ve mentioned here and have told my students. There were ninety and nine that safely layIn the shelter of the fold.But one was out on the hills away,Far off from the… Continue reading 99 – good enough?

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