It feels like too much because it is. Neighbors losing jobs they depend on to support their families. Twenty year olds given access to secure government computers. Programs which work to stem the tide of disease Or feed the desperately … [Read more]
MLK Day 2025
Even though I wrote this prayer several years ago for a gathering remembering and honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the words still ring true today. Maybe even especially today. As we depart, Both individually and collectively Be … [Read more]
Christmas 2024
After years of planning and leading Christmas Eve services (which I loved!), tonight I will be one among many who sit quietly and hear the story again. Weary parents...both from taxation and travel. Overcrowded place to stay. Child … [Read more]
Advent 2024
I went to church yesterday morning. It was the children's Christmas Pageant Sunday complete with angels swooping up and down the aisle, a shy Joseph who knocked on all the right doors and a cacophony of animals disguised as young children. There was … [Read more]
The Way to Do Is to Be
I attended college in the early 1970’s. That was the era of Jesus Freaks, Transcendental Meditation and the Guru Maharaji. Fortunately, in the midst of all that, I stumbled onto the writings of Trappist monk, Thomas Merton, whose books and … [Read more]
Another School Shooting…
Another school shooting. This time in Georgia. Widner, Georgia. Apalachee High School. I can't imagine. I can't imagine... The fear. The sobs. The anguish. The emptiness. My heart breaks. Again. My wife collects provocative and … [Read more]
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