When Renaissance painters painted depictions of the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, they did a sort of odd thing. Normally speaking Matthew, Mark, and Luke would be looking one way and John would be looking another (often staring off into space). This was an artistic way of communicating the similarities of Matthew, Mark,…

A while back I learned an acronym about something that we should do regularly, “STOP”. The elements of the STOP acronym are to sit, think, organize, and plan. The author who was talking about this acronym said that much of what goes wrong in our live could possibly be traced to not “STOPping” or rushing…

When I was on my vicarage (internship) at First Lutheran in Gainesville, FL, I noticed something that had been produced by my predecessor, Vicar Matt. Matt made a magnet with the University of Florida football schedule on it, which he then used to hand out at tabling events. Now, some 15 years later, I just…

Recently, my 6 year old has taken to showing off her reading skills by reading road signs as we traverse from place to place on a road trip. I ask her to look out for certain signs to be helpful and to read certain signs when they come up. As she does, she inevitably misses…