07 Sep, 2021
The story of the woman caught in the act of adultery in the Gospel of John always leaves me wondering what she did next? She was given an amazing gift – a new story for her life. We don’t know what the circumstances were that took her down the...
23 Aug, 2021
Everything is shaped and created by the power of story. Our families, our values, our society. Stories can be factual, or they can be fiction. Sometimes the line between the two becomes blurry. But, as Elizabeth Lesser said, they help us...
16 Aug, 2021
We’ve been talking about possibilities for two weeks now, and today I want to tackle an important, but somewhat tricky subject: The Possibilities That Lie Beyond Grief. This is tricky because in no way am I asking that someone ignore their...
09 Aug, 2021
There once was this criminal who had committed a crime (Because, hey, that’s what criminals do. That’s their job!) Anyway, he was sent to the king for his punishment. The king told him he had a choice of two punishments. He could be hung by a...
02 Aug, 2021
Henry David Thoreau, in his book, Walden, wrote, “We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn , which does not forsake us even in our soundest sleep.” This is a little...
26 Jul, 2021
Healing scriptures in relation to Jesus are many. It is clear that, however you understand these to have happened, the well-being of people was a priority for his ministry. I, personally, believe that Jesus wasn't a rigid, serious, stick-in-the...
19 Jul, 2021
Creation… long before we had the Big Bang Theory and evolution, every group of people had their own story to explain how the world came to be. Hindus, when they speak of the creation of the universe, do not call it the work of God, they call it...
12 Jul, 2021
So, I discovered a sad fact this week: play is sorely lacking in the area of spirituality. It’s hard to find play in the Bible unless it refers to playing an instrument. It’s also hard to find in other religious scripture. The word fun doesn’t...
07 Jul, 2021
How do we typically define “truth”? As fact, right? The problem is that the “truth” changes depending on a person’s point of view. A crime can have multiple witnesses, all of whom saw their own “true” version of the crime. Religions often claim...
29 Jun, 2021
How good, how lovely it is to eat and drink and find satisfaction in everything we do under the sun during the few days of life God gives us - to embrace everything that comes to us! Regardless of how much wealth or possessions God gives us, we...