Wedding Diamonds- Unspoken Homily. Let me tell you a little story. Millions of years ago, a hundred miles underground, there is a lonely piece of carbon, like a piece of charcoal. It was nothing in particular, nothing very special in any way. Just a piece of material buried in the heart of the earth. But then …
Wedding Survival – An Unspoken Homily. What if there was a new Survivor show, in which married couples were all placed on an exotic island and expected to survive. We would all suggest, obviously, they find life’s essentials soon, now that they are in survival mode… those essentials being food, water, shelter and clothing. If you …
Wedding Fundamentals, Practicing Love. (An Unspoken Wedding Homily) Greetings to all you lovers out there. As you know, there are many opportunities to learn love… Family life growing up; school; work; church. But the best way to learn love is through marriage. I played a lot of basketball growing up, and I experienced countless practice sessions …
(50.) Raise the Alarm – Boys in Danger. “It has become fashionable to attribute pathology to millions of healthy male children. We are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, the competitive and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for much of what is right in the world… and that …
Thoughts on Rivendell’s Headmaster Search. Steve Larson, Headmaster at Rivendell School from 1992-2002. (1.) A Keeper of the Vision. The headmaster at Rivendell School needs to be the one who is persuasively up front in advocating for the unique vision of the school. S/he needs to keep articulating Rivendell’s distinctives and the rationale for them. The …
Oh, the Places We’ve Lived – The Life Itinerary for the Larson Family. “On the road again, just can’t wait to get on the road again. Goin’ places that we’ve never been; seeing things that we may never see again. And I can’t wait to get on the road again. Like a band of gypsies …
Identify Your Self. “And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” (Genesis 1:27). This is the age of finding one’s identity. It’s the way everyone wants to define themselves. We want to lay claim to who we are at the deepest level. …
The Death of God. What if we didn’t know the end of the story? What if we didn’t yet know about the empty tomb? Yes, it’s true that Jesus predicted His rising from the dead on a number of occasions with His Twelve. But tell that to the traumatized disciples, who just lost their best …
The Gospel According to Gideon. “Then Yahweh turned to Gideon and said, ‘Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!’ ‘But Lord, Gideon replied, ‘how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my …
The Gospel According to Hannah. Hannah’s song of triumphant praise, her version of the gospel story, was written around 1170 BC. She was in many ways the epitome of the faithful prayer warrior. This was an important time in Israel’s history, the end of the period of judges. In fact, the last judge was Samuel, …
The Gospel According to Ezekiel. While Isaiah is the prophet of God the Son, and Jeremiah is the prophet of God the Father, Ezekiel is known as the prophet of the Holy Spirit. He repeatedly reports that “the Spirit entered me,” or “the Spirit lifted me up,” or “the Spirit of the Lord fell on …