Read the Lectionary Texts   I am proud to be a fan of the University of Tennessee Volunteers! Go Vols! Go LADY Vols! You may be from Michigan – or California – or like me, from Massachusetts – but sooner or later that big orange color reaches out and grabs hold of you, and the next thing you know, you’re at a Tennessee game chanting, “It’s GREAT – to be – a Tennessee – VOLUNTEER! Do you know where the Volunteer nickname comes from? Well, since the time of the Revolutionary War, Tennesseans have been quick to volunteer for [READ MORE]

Read the Lectionary Texts    When I was a child, I loved to play “Connect The Dots.” It was all a part of learning to sequence numbers from 1 to whatever, and learning to draw lines, and learning to discern whole images out of background noise. What a miracle it was to realize that the dots connected into a beautiful picture! I would call to my mother, “Mom! Look! It’s a clown!” – or a boat – or the Statue of Liberty! Do you remember learning to connect the dots? I’ve been wondering lately about when Jesus was a child. Was [READ MORE]