by Scott Bullock | May 7, 2024 | Preaching, Psalms, Sermons
Music Moves and Poetry Shakes Every time I hear Steve Perry sing “Open Arms,” I picture our high school cafeteria turned into a dance floor⸺a little Stranger Things meets Pretty in Pink. When I hear “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” by the Who, it is dusk at the Michigan...
by Scott Bullock | Apr 9, 2024 | Ministry
Lessons Learned in Quarantine and Beyond Do you remember that first Sunday when you stayed cloistered in your home with the immediate family, when you exchanged your dapper church clothes for a pair of pajamas and made pancakes in the pan instead of preaching from the...
by Scott Bullock | Apr 2, 2024 | Book Reviews, Great Books
A Great (and Weighty) Work of Literature That Will Delight Like Moby Dick and War and Peace, Les Misérables is a hefty novel. Affectionately known as the ‘Brick’ for its formidable length, it could either frighten us away or be kept on a night stand as a trusty...
by Scott Bullock | Mar 30, 2024 | Holy Week
Reflection It is striking that after Jesus’ death there are no close companions left to claim his body. All his public followers scattered. Only a secret follower, Joseph of Arimathea, accompanied by Nicodemus, both members of the Sanhedrin, requests his body for...
by Scott Bullock | Mar 29, 2024 | Holy Week
Reflection The television series Alone follows ten individuals who are left to fend for themselves and by themselves in the wilderness. Now, these aren’t everyday individuals plucked from Main Street, USA or Times Square. They are survivalists, hunters, and trappers,...
