Posts from February 2022

Dear SCC & Friends, …for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God… ~Romans 3:23 Reflection #103                The only Christian doctrine that needs no empirical evidence is original sin. ~G.K. Chesterton~ Let’s be honest with the fact that we are all sinners… I’ve actually been pretty good at it; that is sinning. Romans 3:23 was the text for the first sermon I ever gave. It impacted me then and impacts me now… All have sinned, meaning every single human being. Our…

Dear SCC & Friends, Let love be sincere… ~Romans 12:9 Reflection #102                A sincere person is free from pretense or deceit. When our son, David, was a young boy, he had a favorite professional wrestler that he often mimicked. His name was “Brother Love”. His pre-match ritual included nearing his opponent and speaking in a low and gravelly voice with obvious insincerity, “I really luuuuuv you, but that doesn’t mean I liiiiike you!” Mimicking Brother Love became a family joke, yet the…

Dear SCC & Friends, Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. ~Psalm 19:12 Reflection #101                When I was in school, the best feeling was getting a “100” on a pop quiz… I mean a 100% is the perfect score… It seems however, there is no 100% in life, even if you’re a perfectionist. No matter how hard we try to perfect or hide our flaws, they do become apparent. Acquit me, free me, release me from hidden faults… that…

Dear SCC & Friends, And He shall be the stability of your times… ~Isaiah 33:6 Reflection #100                When the word stable is used as an adjective, it means lasting, durable, permanent and perpetual. It speaks of security, safety and constancy. Stability is not a metaphor for “boring”, but rather a quality of reliance and fortitude that will bring us through trials and tribulations in uncertain times. When all we have left is God, we realize for the first time God is enough. He’s our refuge…