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Born this day in the world of arts.. The Arts Teach Us That none of us is ever truly alone as long as we can create and behold beauty. And Thus, the Arts Marcel Marceau taught us that a human being can speak volumes without uttering a sound. Chico Marx showed us that silence itself…
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“Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.” — Psalm 130:1 There are moments in life when we do not pray polished prayers. We cry. Psalm 130 begins there—not in strength, but in depth. Listening, Seeing, and Praying As I began reflecting on this Psalm, I found myself adjusting—putting on my glasses, settling…
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Where does God live? It’s an ancient question—but it still lingers. There was a time when the answer seemed simple: In a sacred place.In a temple.In a city set apart. But Psalm 132 tells a deeper story—one that begins with a restless king and ends with a question we still need to answer. The Man…
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This was actually Jesus’ initial temptation in the wilderness – to abandon the way. It is a struggle. We get weary.. But, like Jesus, and with Jesus, we travel on. It leads home.
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My tribe has a checkered history with forced conversions, violent power-grabbing, and militaristic exercise of religious dominance. To deny that is to deny history. To not care is to ignore our own scripture. We are so flawed in our common humanity and sin with a lust for power that we are willing to exercise it…
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Looking Toward the Light “…as the light of the morning, when the sun rises,a morning without clouds,like the gleaming of the sun on new grassafter rain.”— 2 Samuel 23:4 Hope rises on the horizon. Wait! Is it sunrise or is it sunset? Tevye and his wife, in Fiddler on the Roof, blend the two together…
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Jesus in the Storm — Matthew 8:23–27 There are storms in life that arrive without warning. One moment the sea is calm.The next moment the wind is howling and the waves are crashing over the side of the boat. Matthew tells us that this is exactly what happened to the disciples. They had gotten into…
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Danger and safety are not necessarily at odds with each other. We pass through dangers safely when God is with us. What must be protected is protected. In the same way, the church is both a shelter and a force. It is a refuge in the world for those under attack. At the same time,…
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“Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.”— Psalm 68:9 Rain is a blessing—especially if you are sheltered under a good roof. Sometimes rain can be overwhelming, even destructive. Storms often become metaphors for life’s troubles and challenges. The church is meant to be a…
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“For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.” – Jeremiah 2:13 I can think of two reasons for a modern householder to call a plumber. One reason is the event of an obstruction that blocks…
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