Living and working on a shoestring, we are often drawn into a mood of want, breathing the air of scarcity, and singing the song of a beggar. Developing big dreams on a shoestring requires an elevated level of commitment. When… Continue reading

  We dream; we grow;We move; we flow;We laugh; we glow.While here below,We live in anticipationOf pomp and circumstanceAnd graduation.We are matriculated in the school of lifeArticulated by toil and tears and strife.We are students of all that passesWork and… Continue reading

"It is in dying that we are born to eternal life." – Prayer of St. Francis So, let me die today and die daily.There is nothing in my instincts to pray such a prayer.But then, there is nothing in my… Continue reading

  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