Dec 25, 2016 | Art, Bible, Christianity, Eugene C. Scott, Faith, God, God Sightings, Jesus, Living Spiritually, miracles, Uncategorized |
King David was, as usual, in trouble. Somebody or something was after him. Swords, spears, poison, royal duplicity. Or doubts and devils of the internal kind. Not so different from me, or you I suspect. On any given day we need God now and in force....
May 20, 2016 | healing, Living Spiritually, miracles, Uncategorized |
The poetry of the Barr Brothers’ song Beggar in the Morning brought me to my knees. It resonates like a rueful modern psalm. The music is a prayer too, pulsing and ringing behind the words like a crippled but hopeful heartbeat crying out to God. Or maybe I hear the...
Sep 27, 2012 | adventure, Art, authenticity, Bible, Eugene C. Scott, Faith, God Sightings, Jesus, Living Spiritually, miracles, Uncategorized |
When I was in ninth grade, a friend and I climbed over the fence of a drive-in theater to watch a movie. Not because we didn’t have enough money. Because the drive-in was showing a movie we weren’t allowed to see. Allen Funt of the family friendly TV show “Candid...
Dec 14, 2011 | Art, authenticity, bible conversation, care, Christianity, Eugene C. Scott, God Sightings, Jesus, miracles, Uncategorized |
By Eugene C. Scott The following is a fictionalized version of a true story I read in one of the Denver newspapers when I was a boy. He was just an electrician, blue-collar, working class. Other men were teachers, doctors, lawyers, important. Making big decisions in...
Oct 26, 2011 | adventure, Art, authenticity, belonging, bible conversation, Books, care, Christianity, Community, Eugene C. Scott, Faith, God Sightings, healing, Literature, miracles, Uncategorized |
By Eugene C. Scott I was first introduced to J. K. Rowling and the Harry Potter books by a worried mother in my congregation in Tulsa. “Pastor, what do you think of these Harry Potter books?” This was not a neutral question. “I haven’t read them,” I answered. “They’re...
Sep 7, 2011 | authenticity, Bible, bible conversation, church, Community, Eugene C. Scott, Faith, friends, God, God Sightings, grace, healing, Jesus, love., miracles, murder, story, Uncategorized |
By Eugene C. Scott Vail Mountain rose behind us unmoved. I, however, was trembling. I stood at its base on the ski slope holding a microphone. Beside me stood a friend, an Episcopalian priest. I felt out of place there wearing dress shoes, a dark tie, and a suit. Not...
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