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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I’m in an interim time. A loved one is ill. The anchors of our country, like truth and honor, are at risk. My faith is changing, deepening, which is a wonderful thing,Read More…