We are being stretched by the challenges that extend us and strengthened by the storms that beat upon us. Lent is coming, but it feels like we are already in it. Pre-Lent is a bit of a an enigma, yet… Continue reading

Words matter because, in some mysterious way, they are alive. "Logos," is defined most often as "word," but it is also "principle," "idea," "truth," or "the things spoken of." It is also the act of speaking. It is both in-transient… Continue reading

  A few years ago, reflecting on the news of a friend's death, I wrote: So many deaths … My wife said to me last night, "It's going to be more and more," as I informed her of the death… Continue reading

  I am weak, Lord. I am lowly. I bring nothing in my hands.  offer no credentials, no reputation, no resume worth reading. My track record is checkered. My focus is scattered. My mind is here and there and everywhere. I… Continue reading

  Friend of the friendless, May I be A friend, A friend, A friend to Thee. May I friendly Friendly, Friendly be To one who, Scattered, Lost at sea  Who May somehow, Somehow, Be set free By just one human… Continue reading

Yesterday was the birthday of the sixteenth president of the United States. He was an imperfect and flawed man, but he was the man of the hour, accomplishing what no one thought he could accomplish and things that, perhaps no… Continue reading

Abba, today, I pray. I pray with words that elude me and with scattered thoughts. I pray out of the distractions of my soul. I pray out of profound need to connect with loose strands and slippery handles. I pray… Continue reading

  If you are like Pilate, and to some extent, we all are at some point, you just don't get it. We can't get it when we try to impose our own or society's definitions of power, might, prestige, and… Continue reading

I am no giant of prayer. As a student, I am a mind-wanderer. My distraction threshold is low. My depth is shallow and my shallowness is deep. I am constantly, daily praying, "Teach me to pray." Prayer warrior? The greatest… Continue reading

  It one corner, we have the pressure to conform to the gods of this world that govern the marketplace of necessity and pleasure. On the other, we are pressured to conform to systems of religion and pseudo righteousness that… Continue reading