I’ve got to be honest: Scotland swept me off my feet. I’d been only once before, years ago. But it was a brief trip, limited mostly to a basketball gym in Glasgow, and it did not leave much of a mark. That was not the case this time. I had two weeks full weeks there, […]
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Just over eleven hours after I finish preaching on Sunday, I will board an American Airlines jet bound for Heathrow, and from there a British Airways connection to Edinburgh. Naturally I am very excited about the opportunity to participate in this international pulpit exchange. I’m deeply grateful to Doug Orr for first suggesting the idea,
Pastor Steve to Participate in International Pulpit Exchange For two Sundays in July — the 8th and the 15th — Steve Runholt will exchange pulpits with the Rev. R. Fraser Penny, the Minister of the Cathedral of Dunkeld, Scotland. The cathedral parish is part of the Church of Scotland, which traces its roots back to
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If you knew Gay at all, you knew that despite her diminutive size, she was a force of nature. And she died the way she lived: on her terms. She waited to shout her hosannas one last time, then passed peacefully on Palm Sunday, surrounded by her family. Our life as a congregation will not
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Right now we’re on not one but two journeys together. The first is our Lenten journey, or, in keeping with our theme for the season, the ridiculous journey of following a nobody from nowhere. We will continue to follow along with Jesus on his own journey toward the destiny that awaits him, as told to
As I write this, in just a few hours the president will give his first State of the Union address since taking office last January. So, per my recent custom, I’m going to follow that example and offer my own thoughts on the state of our union here at Warren Wilson Presbyterian. I have covered
Dear friends, Christmas, it seems to me, is the perfect time to share good news of great joy. The story that follows is not Gospel-level good news. It certainly doesn’t rival the world-changing announcement that the angels made to the shepherds on that first Christmas night. But I believe it’s still worth sharing.
Cookies & Carols Last night our fellowship hall was again filled with good food — in this case, cookies! — and with a diverse group of church folks and college folks and other folks, as we all gathered together to sing the beautiful carols of this Christmas season. Cookies & Carols is one of the
Earlier this week, the Christian writer and activist John Pavlovitz posted an image on his Twitter feed that made me laugh out loud. It was a photo of a purple baseball cap. The inscription on the front of the cap read: Make Advent Great Again. (So, technically, MAGA.) I was so taken with this image,
You will likely not be surprised to learn that the word “holiday” comes from the Middle English words for “holy” and “day.” So, on one hand, it is entirely appropriate to say that our holiday season has officially begun here at Warren Wilson Presbyterian, for we have some truly holy days coming up over the
