This summer I became reacquainted with one of my favorite tasks: training a puppy. Caspian, our yellow lab rescue puppy joined our family on April 1. He was named after…
Henri Nouwen was once deeply moved by a performance of the Rodleighs, a troupe of flying trapeze artists. One of the artists explained to Nouwen that the flyer can do…
Fred Rogers, the star of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, reminded us of the importance of community. After last week’s shootings in El Paso and Dayton, we struggle to get our bearings. …
He loved her, without a doubt. Soren Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher of the 19th Century, wrote of a dilemma faced by a king who loved a humble maiden. He was…
In the book of Ecclesiastes we read that there is a time for every purpose under heaven. Included in the list is: “a time to be silent and a time…
On April 1, I was introduced to three puppies (from a litter of 12) that were seized from their owners in court because of neglect. A rescue organization had pre-approved…
Last week I joined nearly 600 clergy and laity last week in Kansas City at Church of the Resurrection UMC. Rev. Adam Hamilton, senior pastor, and a diverse convening team…
I remember one of those “light bulb” moments from seminary. My father, Don, was a faithful, gentle, loving man who deeply cared for his family. As a child it was…
My childhood friends and I would hunt for geodes and buckeyes. We would ride our bikes in the neighborhood back to the woods. There were would find all kinds of…
Once a friend of my mother noticed an old metal blue bowl that I had on a top shelf. She liked it so much that she told my mother she…