Mark 5: 21-43 February 2, 2020    I had to take the van into the dealership on Friday.   It was time for its semi-annual maintenance É at least that was the message on the dashboard kept telling me.   It was time (actually, it was 1,000 km past the time) for me to get the oil changed and the filters checked.…

Mark 5: 1-20 January 26, 2020    Donna gave me a turntable for Christmas.    It’s not like one of those turntables that I had years ago. This one can plug into my laptop or can play music off a USB stick.    Since Christmas, whenever I’m working at the dining room table, I usually have a record on … ones that I haven’t played…

Mark 2: 1-22 January 19, 2020    Lutheran pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber shares a confession in her book, Accidental Saints.    She tells the story of a man who attended her church in Denver, Colorado.    Bolz-Weber explains that Larry made her uncomfortable … not because of anything that he had done in the past or in the church, but because of things…