“The mountains are calling and I must go.” (If you’re from Colorado, you understand.) Anyway, they’ve been calling my name, so two mornings ago, I got up and decided to obey. ItRead More…
06Aug/20
30Jul/20
GETTING INTO GOOD TROUBLE
Jesus was always getting into good trouble. He drove the moneychangers out of the temple, overturning their tables and being generally ticked off. Another time, he healed a guy’s hand on theRead More…
KEEPING OUR EYES ON THE LIGHT
Apparently a full two-thirds of us are part of the Exhausted Majority. The polar extremes are in single digits percentage-wise, even though their voices seem louder than that. A well-known politicalRead More…
TAKE A MINUTE
Have you read James Clear’s article called “Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds”? It’s pertinent. It starts out quoting economist JK Galbraith. “Faced with a choice between changing one’s mind and provingRead More…
09Jul/20
JOY, SUFFERING, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
My grandkids have been here. Talk about joy! We didn’t quite make it to mud pie-building, but we did a lot of other fun stuff. (By the way, the Mandalori-annes edged outRead More…
02Jul/20
MAKING MUD PIES
MAKING MUD PIES When I was a little kid, we had a patch of mud in our back yard. My best friend, Olivia, and I made mud pies there. (Have you everRead More…
25Jun/20
THE COST
I’ve just downloaded Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s book, The Cost of Discipleship. I’ve heard it’s a tough read, as the title implies. Being a Christian isn’t comfortable, nor is it safe (depending on yourRead More…
19Jun/20
THE HUNT
The virus.The racism.The election. Quite a trifecta of negativity. Such an energy suck. Take scrutinizing George Floyd’s martyr credentials, for example. Why not just let black lives matter? Or theorizing ad nauseumRead More…
11Jun/20
JUST DO SOMETHING
I’m reading through a manuscript right now. It’s the biography of a brave soul (and friend) named Raj, a Dalit in India. The Dalits were formerly called the Untouchables. Not too manyRead More…
SOLIDARITY
“If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his pointRead More…