by Scott Bullock | Feb 13, 2024 | Ash Wednesday, Lent, Love
A Valentine’s Day Tradition What better way to say, “I love you,” than passing your beloved some sugar, corn syrup, dextrose, and glycerin wrapped in a chalkly Necco wafer heart? Maybe some of you remember your fifth grade crush surreptitiously sneaking a bag of...
by Scott Bullock | Jan 16, 2024 | Book Reviews, Epiphany, The Church Year
The Strain of Time Time marches forward for all of us, doesn’t it? There are 365 days in the Gregorian calendar. There are 365 days in the Liturgical calendar. While the respective beginnings and endings of these calendars differ, there is a tug-o-war that ensues...
by Scott Bullock | Dec 19, 2023 | Christmas
Getting in the Mood for Christmas Christmas movies do a variety of things: get us in the mood for the season, connect us with family, and entertain us. Alongside the stockings, fir tree, and nativity set, A Charlie Brown Christmas was an annual viewing tradition in my...
by Scott Bullock | Oct 17, 2023 | Conflict, Politics
Compassion does not demand that we know who is right and who is wrong. In fact, it does not ask for us to know anything at all about [people] except the fact that they are in need. As I facilitated a Lectio Divina reading of Luke 10 this past Wednesday evening, I...
by Scott Bullock | Oct 3, 2023 | Prayer, Psalms, Worship
My Daily Soundtrack Often, my daily life is filled with a soundtrack of my own choosing. When I sit for long periods of time to do something rather mundane, like reconcile the checkbook, pay bills, or clean up the ever growing email account, I am accompanied by...
