Chris Bishop

I am really a nerd in so many ways (my sense of humor and selection of computer are no exception).  I am a PC guy who would love to be in the Mac world, but they just don’t play well together.  Many poeple say that they do but until you have a mixed network of [...]

As our confirmation class wrapped up this past weekend we (the whole gathered body) joined in one voice and read The Apostle’s Creed.  We don’t often join in unison creeds, but there is some real value in being together in uniting together in this way. Creeds allow us to understand what it is that we [...]

We have so many connections in our lives we don’t know what to do with them all.  On my birthday a couple of days ago I literally had hundreds of facebook wall posts, text messages, emails, cards, phone calls…. to wish me a good day.  In the same vain we neglect a great number of [...]

I am totally a cheapskate when it comes to software and have a hard time paying for something that I can get as a free or open source version.  When I got my ipod one of the things that I went looking for was a good (free) Bible app so that I could have something [...]

These past couple of days have been a far cry from the windy blizzards that were here at the beginning of last month.  And with this I think that my attitude had climbed with the temperatures.  There is something magical about the first could of warm days that makes people want to get outside, and [...]

As the weather has been getting colder this year I have been trying to get back into a running routine. For the past couple of years my fitness has been limited to the basement and my bike trainer. This is because when I have tried to run or bike outside when it is cold outside [...]

During this thanksgiving week i have heard many storied, sermons and reflections about what it is to be thankful.  The one that has stuck with me was one from Katie’s thanksgiving sermon when she talked about the the Jewish tradition of prayer called berakhot.  This is a daily practice where the pray-er gives thanks for [...]