When I am in spiritual direction with someone, this is the key question I always ask: “Where is God in that?” I usually ask this question after they have described some situation or incident in their lives that has them vexed or feeling trapped. “Where
Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Third Sunday after Pentecost: Then I will follow you. (1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21) No one who looks back is fit for the realm of God. (Luke 9:57-62) This morning’s first song is the last number on hit for
Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings: Go, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth… (1 Kings 21:1-21) Your faith has saved you… (Luke 7:36-8:3) Country singer Brad Paisley was born in West Virginia and wrote his first song at age 12. By the time he was
– The birth control pill is celebrating 50 years of giving women control over their own bodies – but that doesn’t mean everyone wants the pill to stick around. A conglomeration of anti-abortion groups will protest the pill on June 5. Not because they oppose
Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for Pentecost Sunday: Let us make a name for ourselves. (Genesis 11:1-9) The one who believes in me will… do greater works than these. (John 14:8-20) Our first song is a hymn, and compared with other songs in the hymnal,
Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter: Come and stay at my home… (Acts 16:9-15) We will come to them and make our home with them. (John 14:23-29) In the late 1970s, New Jersey rock legend Bruce Springsteen met Joey Ramone,
In the movie “Evan Almighty,” God, in the form of Morgan Freeman, has only begun his mission to convince Evan, played by Steve Carell, that his mission in life is to build an ark for an upcoming flood. God is preparing Evan for his special
Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C., April 24, 2010 Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C., April 25, 2010 Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter: I shall not want… (Psalm 23) I know them and they follow me. (John 10:22-30) Back in 1953, Leonard
Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for Resurrection Sunday: The wolf and the lamb shall feed together. (Isaiah 65:17-25) Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. (Luke 24:1-12) Jon Bon Jovi is a native of Sayerville,
Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C., March 27, 2010 Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C., March 28, 2010 Readings for Palm Sunday: The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. (Psalm 118:19-29) If these were silent, the stones would shout out.