Judge – The defendant will rise.Defendant – Yes sir, Your Honor.Judge – This court finds you not-guilty of the charge of Grand Larceny.Defendant – Thank you, Your Honor. Does that mean I can keep the watch? Beloved, you do… Continue reading

I was looking back over some notes I made on the scriptures for this day several years ago. I was in a bit of a hurry. It is one of the things I deal with. Sometimes I am inclined to… Continue reading

Prayer is a deep spiritual mystery. Mutual communication with God is going on far beneath the surface of our lives. Not only do we often not know what to pray, we often know not what we are praying. This is… Continue reading

The thirst thought I have is to eliminate the "and" because an adequate definition of "shalom" includes "well-being" of all and that includes justice. Furthermore, an adequate definition of justice implies well-being and the righting of wrongs. Peace is not… Continue reading

"O LORD our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings." – Psalm 99:8 The psalmist sings another paradox. Paradoxes make great poems and songs. They are also, often, along with… Continue reading

Let us delight the heart of God and make room at the table for all who will come. My tribe has a checkered history with forced conversions, violent power-grabbing, and militaristic exercise of religious dominance. To deny that is to deny… Continue reading

Jeremiah cries out in anguish and writhes in pain for his people and for his world. He did not have the newspapers, television, radio, or internet to inform him of the precarious state of his world. He could see it… Continue reading

  Sometimes you just need to refresh yourself in the cooling waters of Ein Gedi. King David did. On a hot summer day in Israel, I did too. So often, God has brought me to such a place, space, and… Continue reading

  "Peace, be still." Mounds of trouble in the world …Mountains of turmoil …Soil of fear …Toil of tears …But my soul can be still,Sided with by the One who walks beside.When I cried, He heard.When I sighed, He spoke the Word.Nothing… Continue reading

“And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.” – Psalm 55:6 It was November 21, 1783 in Paris, France. Physicist Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier and the… Continue reading