by ccvadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 187 (December 2, 2020) My all-time favorite television show is The Office, starring Steve Carrell as Michael Scott the manager of the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictitious Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. Throughout the series he...
by ccvadmin | Dec 1, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 186 (December 1, 2020) Several years ago I was driving across the desert in southern Utah on the way to an epic afternoon at Zion National Park. As I traversed the breathtaking scenery I listened to one of my favorite Bruce Springsteen albums,...
by ccvadmin | Dec 1, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 185 (November 30, 2020) During this liturgical season of Advent the daylight lessens every day (at least in the northern hemisphere) which of course means we experience a daily increasing time of darkness. For those who struggle with seasonal...
by ccvadmin | Nov 27, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 184 (November 27, 2020) The final song of the epic 1973 double rock opera album Quadrophenia by The Who is a prayer sung from the protagonist Jimmy—a disillusioned young man who feels disconnected from his parents, misunderstood by his...
by ccvadmin | Nov 26, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 183 (November 26, 2020) In scripture we often read about the importance of giving thanks to God. “Enter his gates with thanksgiving,” the psalmist exhorts, “and his courts with praise” (Psalm 100:4). Similarly The Apostle Paul urged the...
by ccvadmin | Nov 25, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 182 (November 25, 2020) In the back of The Book of Common Prayer are the “Articles of Religion” (aka “The Thirty-nine Articles”)—a succinct distillation of the doctrine of the Church of England. Article VI, “Of the Sufficiency of the Holy...
by ccvadmin | Nov 24, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 181 (November 24, 2020) In his famous harrowing debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954) William Golding vividly portrays the darkness of the human heart. British schoolboys survive a plane wreck leaving them on a desert island in the Pacific with...
by ccvadmin | Nov 23, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 180 (November 23, 2020) In his 1952 book Mere Christianity C. S. Lewis famously argues that when it comes to one’s perspective on Jesus being the Son of God there are three options: Liar, Lunatic, or Lord. In other words, Jesus claimed to be the...
by ccvadmin | Nov 20, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 179 (November 20, 2020) When my son Paul was young we spent many hours at a local batting cage. I pitched bucket after bucket of baseballs to him and over the years he grew taller and stronger and became a very powerful hitter. Those are some...
by ccvadmin | Nov 19, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 178 (November 19, 2020) One of my favorite songs by the incomparable Joni Mitchell is her 1969 gem “Both Sides Now” from her album Clouds. She picturesquely describes seeing love from “both sides now”: “Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels, the...
