I’ve been thinking about grace lately, the kind that can be bestowed on others for “regeneration and sanctification.” It’s the opposite of retaliation. Such lovely concepts. But do we Americans live inRead More…
08Apr/21
Layers
Once, when I was little, I asked my mom about the “n” word. She told me, in no uncertain terms, that that word was never to be used, because it hurt people.Read More…
Choice
A number of things happened on the night before Jesus’s crucifixion, which we now call Maundy Thursday. Jesus and his friends celebrated the Passover meal. He washed their feet. He gave themRead More…
Sadness
Today, I had planned to muse on Genesis 1:27 which says that God created mankind in his own image. Not just some of mankind. All of mankind. It was really uplifting. HereRead More…
18Mar/21
Secret-Not-Secret
My college piano professor taught me a little secret–how to rest. Playing Chopin’s “Revolutionary Etude” is killer hard, so you have to observe these little notations in the score, interestingly enough, calledRead More…
The Immense Danger of Capital Letters
There are plenty of people who don’t like the Black Lives Matter movement, but I want to ask this. Do black lives matter to you? There are plenty of people who don’tRead More…
04Mar/21
The Improbable Dream
I have this persistent idealistic dream, but it’s probably not going to come to pass. It’s pretty utopian, having to do with the sensible, selfless, compassionate and true. Tragically, however, the numbersRead More…
25Feb/21
Chasing Truth
We’ve been watching a Netflix series that has a character I adore. She’s the truthteller. She says what everyone is thinking…but is the only one with enough courage to say it. She’sRead More…
18Feb/21
Hugging the Future
I started to call this little essay “Embracing the Future” but that sounds kind of boring. Besides, I don’t want to just embrace it. I want to hug it. I want toRead More…
11Feb/21
MY LIFE AS A CHRYSANTHEMUM
I’m a late bloomer…like a chrysanthemum. I seem to figure things out later than other people do…or maybe I never figure them out at all. When it comes to figuring God out,Read More…