It seems like only yesterday there was snow And the ground so soggy You were forced to pick your way. But today the trees Which long ago Had shrugged off the beauty of the early winter snows To stand bare and brown against the sky Begin to … [Read more]
Easter 2019
If you wonder about Easter... About what happened or didn't happen. About who? What? When? And how? If you wonder about Easter And what it means And why it matters There is this. From the writings of William Stringfellow. "In the face of … [Read more]
Today
I wonder how they did it? Any of those women or men Who got up each morning And faced each day Giving what they had to give For To Some grand dream Which they saw so clearly But which lay beyond the present … [Read more]
Don’t Let the Sun Set on Your Anger
Every so often, when I met with couples in preparation for their wedding, they would say to me, “We never go to bed angry at each other. Like that verse in the Bible “Don’t let the sun set on your anger.” “Good for them,” I thought. “When … [Read more]
Greater Than
When you are tempted to say… I am the only one. What can one person do. No one will listen to me. I am just an ordinary person. I can’t. What if. The task is too big. The need is too large. The problem is too great. It won’t make a dent. I … [Read more]
Blessings
With the attack in Christchurch and the anticipation of the completion of the Mueller investigation and all the other craziness in the news and in the world around us, I wouldn’t be surprised if you missed this story. Tanitoluwa Adewumi, eight years … [Read more]
