text “Next Year in Jerusalem.” “Next year in Jerusalem,” a phrase spoken at the end of the Passover Seder…
text "What a friend we have in Jesus." "What a friend we have in Jesus." Some years ago I was invited to a Hymn Sing at a Lutheran Church. I must…
text Baptism: A Journey of Hope The tiny hands of the two-day-old baby open and closed with each drop of water…
text Baptism: A Journey of Hope The tiny hands of the two-day-old baby open and closed with each drop of water…
text "As we look back at those who have gone before us, what do we find?" It was Monday afternoon, two days before Christmas eve that I reached…
text "As we look back at those who have gone before us, what do we find?" It was Monday afternoon, two days before Christmas eve that I reached…
text "Always give more than you take." Reading the daily obituaries always gives me a new lease on life. A firm…
text "Always give more than you take." Reading the daily obituaries always gives me a new lease on life. A firm…
text If you want the most unlikely answers, then listen to the unexpected questions. In the words of the poet Mary Oliver, “Poetry is a life giving force…
text If you want the most unlikely answers, then listen to the unexpected questions. In the words of the poet Mary Oliver, “Poetry is a life giving force…
text "Lift up your eyes upon this day breaking for you. Give birth again to the dream." The inevitable synchronicity of all four gospel accounts of the advent of God…
text "Lift up your eyes upon this day breaking for you. Give birth again to the dream." The inevitable synchronicity of all four gospel accounts of the advent of God…
text "I wait with quickened hope for crooked paths to straighten." Generations of the family gathered around the bed as I prepared to administer…
text "I wait with quickened hope for crooked paths to straighten." Generations of the family gathered around the bed as I prepared to administer…
text "Who lives on the outskirts of the kingdom?" The feast of Christ the King signals the end of Ordinary Time and the…
text "Who lives on the outskirts of the kingdom?" The feast of Christ the King signals the end of Ordinary Time and the…
text "Still, I put up with this Church until I see a better one... The seventeenth century Christian humanist and scholar, Erasmus, had, like…
text "Still, I put up with this Church until I see a better one... The seventeenth century Christian humanist and scholar, Erasmus, had, like…
text "Here's the church, here's the steeple, open the door and see all the people." Combining words with action, a favorite childhood nursery rhyme often ended…
text "Here's the church, here's the steeple, open the door and see all the people." Combining words with action, a favorite childhood nursery rhyme often ended…
text "Come to me, all you that are weary, and I will give you rest." Soul searching moments can take us by surprise and, with the grace of God,…
text "Come to me, all you that are weary, and I will give you rest." Soul searching moments can take us by surprise and, with the grace of God,…
text "Do you love me?" "I suppose I do" Often, when I hear the question, “Do you love me?” I think of a…
text "Do you love me?" "I suppose I do" Often, when I hear the question, “Do you love me?” I think of a…
