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Visions That Haunt and Inspire: Reflection for a Silent Saturday
Seeing something real and true and how it should be can change a person forever. I take it that is what happened to the disciples who...
Bob Guffey
Apr 19


Lenten Encouragement from Wiser Shepherds (Thank You, Fr. Nouwen)
It’s usually at this point in Lent that I am ready to turn and run toward Easter. The disciplines of prayer, reflection, confession and...
Bob Guffey
Apr 4


How Christians Got Their Name (Kindness Is Key)
While some of the details of how Christians came to be called “Christians” are lost to time, thanks to the work of biblical scholars,...
Bob Guffey
Apr 2


Skylights to the Soul
One of my favorite architectural features of the Freemason Street Baptist Church is the inclusion of large arched windows, stained glass,...
Bob Guffey
Mar 29


The Shape and Form of Love (for Lent and Always)
Is it enough to proclaim and celebrate the Love of God that is Jesus Christ as the antidote for hate in our time and in all times? What...
Bob Guffey
Mar 21


What Does Lent Do
Growing up Baptist, I grew up unfamiliar with the ancient Christian practice of Lent. For me, living in predominately Roman Catholic...
Bob Guffey
Mar 21


Lenten or Lenient?
A favorite practice of the community I served in South Carolina, was the annual series of Lent and Advent luncheon services shared by the...
Bob Guffey
Mar 13


This Is the Only Life You Have (Lent and the Real World)
“[Some say that] only by denying the world can you live in it… can you live a spiritual life. A real spiritual life does exactly the...
Bob Guffey
Mar 7


Welcome, Advent, The Dangerous Season
Welcome to the most dangerous season of the year. The most dangerous season? Why? Not because of marauding bands of “Black Friday”...
Bob Guffey
Dec 14, 2024


A Prayer for the Children (All of Them) and Those Who Love Them
(Note: Inspired by and written for the Center Of Hope Haiti, on our 20th Anniversary gathering and celebration, October 30, 2024. In...
Bob Guffey
Nov 2, 2024


A Prayer for Difference (Instead of the false promise of safety in tribe, nationality or clan)
O Lord, As those who bear your name, hear our prayers, please, as we seek your face, as we seek your peace, as we seek to be faithful to...
Bob Guffey
Nov 2, 2024


The Flood Never Gets the Last Word (reprise)
( The flood in your life may not be literal, but many of us are feeling overwhelmed in some way today. Some of us have been overwhelmed...
Bob Guffey
Sep 28, 2024


Tug of Love
Mixed emotions rule this time of year. Parents of five- and six-year-olds know their little ones are not so little anymore. You are glad...
Bob Guffey
Aug 24, 2024


The Last Time I Saw My Grandmother
-With Mother's Day just ahead, I wanted to share this reflection about my grandmother with a photo of her from the 1960s I cannot find....
Bob Guffey
May 9, 2024


Grief Has No Rules
*I shared a version of this post a few years ago, but recently found the original, which I had written even earlier to share at the close...
Bob Guffey
Apr 27, 2024


The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved (you, too)
There it was again: “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” I was reading the “Seven Last Words” of Jesus from the cross, and had come to the...
Bob Guffey
Apr 6, 2024


Saying Thanks Still
(There are times when social media does you the favor of recycling around to remind you of something you wrote on the same day in years...
Bob Guffey
Apr 5, 2024


The Power of God That Changes Everything (plus "Lenten Blessings")
Our walk through the Season of Lent this year has drawn me back to the central truth of our faith that God is love and through God’s love...
Bob Guffey
Mar 16, 2024


Losing Your Soul Bit by Bit
Lent this year has settled on me with strong reminders that it is not about giving up something, like chocolate or television or...
Bob Guffey
Feb 17, 2024


What the Old Man Said (to Mary)
A meditation on the Visitation, Luke 2:22-38. I think the old man’s words are some of the fiercest to be found in the scripture, if you...
Bob Guffey
Jan 6, 2024
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