Let me start off with a cheery notion – in the time it has taken you to read this sentence you are nearly 5 seconds closer to dying. We all have an expiration date stamped on us the moment we breathed our first bit of air, and only God knows what it says, how it will happen, and when it will be.   What is said and what will memorialize our lives is not out of our control. Every day we add a sentence or write a word that people remember us by.   Why talk about this after the joy of Easter?...

Robin McFee Email: drmcfee2020@gmail.com   “Jesus called a little child to Him, and placed the child among them. And He said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.” Matthew 18:2 – 6.   The weekend before Palm Sunday I attended a performance of Godspell.* It is a powerful portrayal of Jesus’ ministry as seen through the...

RB McFee Email: drmcfee2020@gmail.com   "Then (after being baptized by John the Baptist) Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted….” Matthew 4:1   Welcome to Lent, although it is fleeting fast. If we don’t pay attention now, we are in danger of missing it.  Especially since, out of the 40 days of Lent, what we have left is a short amount of time to experience Jesus’ last days.   Put differently, we are now two weeks from Maundy Thursday, the time of Jesus celebrating...