The book of Ecclesiastes has always mystified me. If all is vanity, why even try? Ecc. 1:9 stopped me in my tracks the other day. “What has been will be again; whatRead More…
17Jul/24
A Lot to Remember
A LOT TO REMEMBER The world is a mess. “Tis all in pieces, all coherence gone.” John Donne in 1611 Could have been written in 2024. From last weekend’s shooting at aRead More…
11Jul/24
Looking Ahead
Well, I did it again. I riled up some folks with last week’s post. I quoted Michelle Obama. “When they go low, we go high.” I should have paraphrased it to read,Read More…
03Jul/24
Higher Power
We’re a stunned nation. We’re embarrassed. Too many of us are vomit-in-the-toilet troubled. Maybe this isn’t true in your community, but there are almost zero candidate bumper stickers around here, for eitherRead More…
26Jun/24
The Tale of Two Bloggers
THE TALE OF TWO BLOGGERS A few mornings ago, I read two dramatically different blog posts. One was by a woman who moved into a gang-infested neighborhood. She’s constantly asked, “Aren’t youRead More…
19Jun/24
The Good Life
I just had a milestone birthday and it makes me happy. I decided several milestones ago that I’d just be the best (insert whatever age) this world had ever seen! (It’s aRead More…
13Jun/24
The Falcon
I once heard a story about a man of old who was lost in the wilderness and desperately thirsty. He came across a stream and threw himself at it, beginning to gulpRead More…
Healing
I love these words by public theologian, Nadia Bolz-Weber. “(The) world will break your heart. There’s enough sorrow to go around and for everyone to have seconds. But this world has aRead More…
30May/24
Hands
My son has myocarditis. He was recently hospitalized four times within three weeks. A month ago, he barely had the energy to walk across a room. He’s better now (thank God forRead More…
The Nuance That Could Change the World
I just finished the book, The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church, by NPR journalist, Sarah McCammon. It jumped right into my library app, um, because I put itRead More…