Category Archives: Theology

I Hate New Year’s Resolutions (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

I hate New Year’s Resolutions. No, wait, maybe that’s too strong; maybe, I strongly dislike them. Maybe it’s not the idea of the thing but rather that resolutions seem to be too easily broken and discarded. As in, “I’m going … Continue reading →

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Hands Free Mama: The Gift Of Now (Book Review)

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Let’s be clear: Rachel Macy Stafford’s blog and book are not just for stay-at-home moms, or people who are worried about saving a marriage or a relationship with a child. They are for those wise enough to recognize that the “right now” … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Sermon Today: Dirty Water Into Wine (John 2:1-11)

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

“Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam… And wuv, tru wuv, will fowow you foweva..…” That’s how I started my sister’s wedding sermon (even after strong orders NOT to). It’s … Continue reading →

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My “Best Of What I Saw” 2013 Version

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

By my count, I saw 38 films in 2013, plus over a hundred DVDs and several dozen TV shows. Of course, not all of them are created equal, and here’s my wrap up of what was actually worth catching! Best … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Prayer (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

A prayer for Christmas Eve: Holy God, I wonder what you see when you look at us. Do you see the ways that we strove to be like Jesus this year? Do you see the times we fed the hungry, … Continue reading →

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Desolation Of Smaug: The Hobbit Strikes Back (Movie Review)

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

For fans hoping for a quicker, more action-oriented prequel to Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug will be a welcome relief. Picking up soon after the evens of the first third of Jackson’s The Hobbit, we’re ushered into a … Continue reading →

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American Hustle: Broken Dreams (Movie Review)

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

I’d heard American Hustle billed as a period piece Ocean’s Eleven. I didn’t find it that clever (plot twist wise) or hilarious, but David O. Russell again takes a reasonably straightforward plot (The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook) and turns it into an engaging piece. … Continue reading →

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Can Santa & Jesus Get Along? (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

Lately, it seems like there’s a groundswell to pick Santa or Jesus, like Team Edward or Team Jacob, Dallas Cowboys or Washington Redskins, creationism or Darwinism. That you can’t give credit to one without disavowing or at least diminishing the other. But … Continue reading →

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Reframing Christmas (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

I’ve been setting up various Nativity scenes for Christmastime since I was a little kid. I had a wooden one that was mine to set up, that all of the pieces fit together as a puzzle; another of my favorites … Continue reading →

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Tradition Making, The Horrifying Truth! (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

This Christmas story is all true. And potentially a little shocking. My parents had a plan. (Anyone who knows them knows that they always have a plan.) Even after I’d gone away to college, the Christmas schedule would remain unrepentantly unchanged. … Continue reading →

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