Rolling Away the Stone

For Wilshire Baptist Church

Making decisions about grave markers during Holy Week is one of those interesting coincidences that life dials up every now and then. The week is already thick with darkness and pathos as we walk symbolically toward the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, but ladle on top of that the mortality of your own flesh and blood, and it all becomes very . . . real.

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Civics 101

For Wilshire Baptist Church

The day started with a civic meeting and ended with a civic meeting, and while the groups and agendas were different, they landed on the same topic: homelessness. Yes, it’s the topic that won’t go away.

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Time to do Better

For Wilshire Baptist Church

Two Sundays ago I happened to be awake at 1:58 a.m. and I stared at the Google clock on the dresser and watched as it jumped from 1:59 to 3:00. I expected that since it was “time change Sunday,” but it was interesting to actually watch a full hour get skipped over.

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