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July 21, 2026

Is Fretting in Your Budget?

Frankly, I’m Too Busy—and Too Broke We have only so much mental, physical, and emotional energy. If we spend it, it is spent. If we spend it fretting about something that will ultimately take care of itself, we have wasted a limited resource. Fretting is expensive, and frankly, I am too busy and too broke…

Go Back, Stand Still, or Move Forward?

Exodus 14:9–25 As I looked over today’s Scripture readings, I remembered a sermon I preached nearly fifty years ago. The children of Israel had left Egypt, but they had not yet escaped danger. Before them was the sea. Behind them came Pharaoh’s army. They could hear the horses’ hoofbeats and see the approaching chariots. They…

Do I Know My Neighbor

A Pastoral Reflection Do I Know My Neighbor? When someone asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus told a story. Stories have a way of reaching places in us that explanations cannot. They move past our defenses. They settle into memory. They speak to the heart while the mind is still trying to organize the…