Category: On Reflection

Meet St. Nicholas – A teaching with puppets

Posted on December 6, 2020 by William Carl Thomas

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A look at how Santa Claus is connected to St. Nicholas

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Category: Stories, Teaching Videos Tags: December 6, gifts, giving, gold, Jesus Christ, Myra, Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, stockings, teaching for children

Custom-made M&M’s help say goodbye during the time of COVID

Posted on December 2, 2020 by William Carl Thomas

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A written reflection on saying goodbye through ZOOM.

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Category: On Reflection, Stories Tags: COVID-19, Interim pastor, M&M's, Saying goodbye, Youth Group, ZOOM

We did wash feet during the time of social distancing – March 31, 2020

Posted on March 31, 2020 by William Carl Thomas

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The paradox of faith found in the discipline of social distancing as the living example of foot washing.

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Category: Stories Tags: essay, footwashing, Holy Eucharist, Love one another as I have loved you, Maundy Thursday, Reconnect, Remember, social distancing

I would have liked to call my mother.

Posted on August 1, 2019 by William Carl Thomas

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A story following my mother’s death on June 23rd.

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Category: Stories Tags: coffee mug, Dorothy Thomas, Grief, Hospice, Kanuga, remembrance

Doug and What’s Important in a Sermon

Posted on July 23, 2019 by William Carl Thomas

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A story about when God used Doug to teach me a powerful lesson about preaching.

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Category: Stories Tags: God, On Reflection, preaching, Seminarian, story

Mining a Movie: Adventure in Baltimore

Posted on July 15, 2019 by William Carl Thomas

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A movie about a clergy family set in 1905 that explores all the aspects of Bowen Family Systems Theory.

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Category: Mining A Movie, On Reflection Tags: Bowen Theory, church, clergy family, Good Trouble, scapegoat, women's suffrage