In my dreams I can swim like a porpoise.
Read MoreWhat do you want? For dinner, for Christmas, to learn?
Read MoreWhat is salvation? Salvation means to be removed from harm
Read MoreA single queen bee will not survive.
Read MoreTic Tac Toe is a stupid game, but it gets us.
Read MoreSuffering exists. God is love. Love precludes suffering.
Read MoreThere is a lake on the high desert plateau of Oregon which flows from a spring into the bowl of a dead volcano.
Read MoreAs I write this, I am surrounded by miracles. Within and without.
Read MoreI stepped out of the psych ward and into the hall after visiting—we’ll call her Suzy. She was a preteen; a basketball playing, honest yet sneaky, beautiful, hilarious little girl.
Read MoreOur days on Iona were coming to a close. I had climbed Dun I. I had walked a good bit and had viewed the North Atlantic from every side of the isle. I had broken bread with pilgrims.
Read MoreThe names in the following haven’t been changed to protect the innocent. No one in the following is innocent.
Read MoreWhat would your theology be in one, simple sentence?
Read MoreIn Luke, chapter 18, Jesus tells a story about two men praying in the synagogue. One is reminding himself, and God, that he is living the good life.
Read MoreThe first chapter of The Samaritan’s Friend is my retelling of the marriage at Cana; the wedding recounted in John, chapter two, where the water gets turned into wine.
Read MoreHow does one live one by one? To see each car that passes, not as a soulless mechanized obstacle, but as a vehicle containing someone…
Read MoreBreakfast begins right after the dinner dishes are done. After the dishwasher is started, I set up my coffee to drip, automatically, at 7:25 am and mix together breakfast.
Read MoreIn the beginning was the Word... In the beginning, God said let there be…What does it mean to create?
Read MoreMy daughter and I were on a walk today when she gasped and pointed with a breathless, “Look at that one!”
Read MoreFor the last several weeks, we have been taking a stroll through what it means to live rooted in grace when life throws difficult dialogue in our paths.
Read MoreI have no favorite children, but I do have beloved words. Perhaps, apparently, generative, credulous, and meticulous are some of my favorites.
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