We did our cleaning days ago. Stocked up on groceries yesterday and began cooking last night. Found the leaves for the dining room table, which we’ve not needed since pre-pandemic […]
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This month, my congregation’s worship theme is Sacrifice — a hard one to lean into even as the world seems to be asking all of us to wrestle with it. […]
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The morning after the United States Capitol in DC was breached by pro-Trumpian rioters, I woke up as if shaken by a bad dream. To be clear, this is a […]
+ Read MoreHave you found yourself resisting recently? In other words, fighting against, or refusing to accept any number of the unacceptable conditions of our times? Let’s face it. There are countless […]
+ Read MoreTwo downy woodpeckers visit the deck in the morning. The female fat with eggs sits on the railing. The male flits between feeder and mate, feeder and mate, seed by […]
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Solstice: Sun Standing Still What pulls the reluctant sun up on a winter solstice morning? Determination? Longing? Habit? Love? Ritual? Need? An ancient question no longer asked now that […]
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It happens every day, and sometimes I am genuinely grateful for it. A question surfaces in conversation and then, quick as a blink, someone pulls out a smart phone, finger […]
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