bierkergaard

We had an interesting discussion about rules in our weekly gathering on Sunday. As the oldest member of the church (which is a people and not bricks), I often fall into a role by default of the elder. Hopefully with age has come some wisdom. Not because I am so smart but because I have made and make a lot of mistakes--and by God's grace have learned some lessons along the way. One thing that is common in our culture is a discarding of rules. In a Post-Modern Age, it is fashionable to treat Truth as subjective and in a way it is. We all look at things differently but that does not mean what we are looking at is actually different, just how we look at it. Our own particular angle as it were. As I was thinking about rules, what came to mind is a ruler. How would society function if we all had different rulers? That is, no common way of measuring something measurable like distance, weight, monetary, etc.? Physical or Fiscal realities are easier to form common agreement on, once ...

Yesterday was the 3rd Anniversary celebration of St. Boniface, a nano-brewery in Ephrata, Pa. I met a buddy and his friend up at the brewhaus in the afternoon to drink a couple of beers, talk about beer, and discuss other pertinent matters. OK, we mostly talked about beer. I ran into my former pastor at the event and I mentioned to him that I had seen on his Church's website that he noted that one of his hobbies is enjoying craft brews. Ah, us Reformed Presbyterians, following Luther and Calvin in our libations. It was a lovely late winter afternoon as we sat outside close to the propane heater that we all attempted to get close to without violating each others' personal space. After two beers, a heavy and a light one, I called it an afternoon and went one my way. I really enjoyed the two beers and felt no urge to drink more, even when I came home and settled down to watch a film. I was recovering from what appeared to be food poisoning from consuming an under-cooked rotis...