@esaumccaulley Celtics! Might be a rough year but w/our GM we’ll be back on top soon! And we’ve got the best coach in the game. When asked if he noticed the royal family at the game he said, “Who. The only royal family I know is Jesus, Mary and Joseph!” 🤣 Come on! Who can compete with that!
Great showing by the FHS XC teams at a hot and humid Coleman Midgett Invite. The boy's JV led the way with a third-place team finish. Nils Hurst (BV), Mary Beth McKnight (GV), Gavin Mitchell (BJV), and Jack Willits (BJV) all earned top 10 finishes. @wcsFHSsports
How do you know God loves you?
Don’t stare inward, into the abyss. Turn to Jesus, which is to say, turn to Him as He offers Himself at His table.
It’s visible, in front of you every Lord’s day. You can taste the bread and smell the wine. It's the table of Jesus, the table of the Father’s love. And you are here.
The Father claimed you in baptism: This one is Mine! Every week, He feeds you.
What more can He do than what He has done? What more can He say than what He’s said? Trust Him, taste Him; relax, rejoice.
If you haven't heard of a commonplace book before, check out this post! #commonplace
Getting my Substack dialed in. We're getting there... Here's a post from a section of the stack that I think will be easy to engage and inspiring!
— https://t.co/CkPpvTYyQr
The best that can be said of any ordinary Christian is not that he has attained to this or that height of sanctity, but that he is becoming, through discipline, more and more one with the will of God.
-F.P. Hatton, The Elements of the Spirit Life #commonplace
Let me know Thee, O Lord, who knows me: let me know Thee, as I am know. Power of my soul, enter into it, and fit it for Thee.. this is my hope. - St. Augustine
#commonplace
One of the things I love about being a priest is that my priesthood is grounded in my call to the diaconate.
I don’t ever “graduate” from being a deacon of the church. Nor does my service = “only cool stuff.”
Boring, menial service is what defines and secures my priestly work.
In my role as a pastor, I’m not trying to get everyone to agree on everything so much as I’m attempting to create environments where our disagreements don’t automatically become cause for disunity.
Ash Wednesday is not a day to manufacture guilt. It’s a day to recognize our brokenness, frailty, and trust in God’s love.
It’s a day to freely come before God and declare, “I am human, I am dust, and I am loved.”
#AshWednesday
One of the first things to learn if you want to be a contemplative is how to mind your own business.
Nothing is more suspicious, in a person who seems holy, than an impatient desire to reform other people.
- Thomas Merton
I used to argue with others who didn’t believe women could preach and pastor. So much energy wasted.
Nowadays, I just train and provide opportunities for women to preach in our congregation. And when they do, hearts are changed, Jesus is glorified and the church is edified.