28 Mar, 2020
Good Morning! Mark Twain once said, “My life has been filled with many misfortunes, most of which never happened.” This thought is right up there with the concept that worrying must work since most of what we worry about never happens! I hope...
27 Mar, 2020
Good Morning! Julie, Stitch (our nut-job of a dog) and I have typically been getting out and walking twice a day and I’ve been just tickled by the fact that four houses in the neighborhood have friendly, encouraging chalk messages at the ends...
26 Mar, 2020
Good Morning! Here’s something I don’t claim to have any absolute answers about (well, that’s true about a lot of things actually...), but I do have some thoughts about it at a time like this: prayer. As always, feel free to take or leave my...
25 Mar, 2020
I absolutely love this short poem by Nikos Kazantakis: I said to the almond tree: Speak to me of God; and the almond tree blossomed. Not only is it a wonderful image of spring bursting forth, but it is the very essence of how we each can speak...
24 Mar, 2020
They say it is shallow to talk about the weather, but different kinds of weather hold different energy and can have a significant impact on we feel. As we Wisconsinites know, all we need to do is wait five minutes and the weather will change!...
23 Mar, 2020
Good Morning Everyone! Well, winter is flaunting her beauty one last (I hope) time. Ever since our trip to Cancun a few weeks ago I’m even more anxious for the air to stop biting when it hits my face! Norwegians say there is no bad weather,...
22 Mar, 2020
This is our second Sunday apart and, in all honesty, we’re not sure how long this will last. It’s hard not knowing, but perhaps it is also a good time to practice letting go of the illusion of control, which can be a challenge given that I’m a...
21 Mar, 2020
One of the most uncomfortable places to be is in the gap – the space between what was and what is yet to be. It reminds me of the experience of going between the countries of Jordan and Israel on a bus. We went through security on one side,...
20 Mar, 2020
In my defense, my calendar was wrong! Apparently my calendar company didn’t get the memo that the Vernal Equinox was yesterday, not today. The spring and fall equinoxes are the two days of the year when the amount of daylight and darkness are...
19 Mar, 2020
It’s just plain weird. For 23 years I’ve been putting together a bulletin, volunteers, music and a sermon almost every week. I suppose I could still write and record a sermon and post it for you, but I bet there are a bunch you haven’t listened...