“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

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  • Shalom Aleichem – שלום עליכם Happy New Year, my friends! May 2022 be filled with serendipitous joy, abundant grace, deep insights, courageous steps, continuous comfort, jaw-dropping wonder, unfolding wisdom, leaps of faith, unbridled laughter, unhindered growth, and life-affirming moments with… Continue reading

  • Joseph’s Side of the Story

    Joseph's Dream, Rembrandt, c. 1645   Just and Compassionate  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.… Continue reading

  • What Can Happen When Community Comes Together

    11 years ago, we came together to fight hunger. Here is what I recorded at the time. I think some of it is still relevant because the struggle continues: Continue reading

  • The Mending Wall

    “Before I built a wall I’d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense. Something there is that doesn’t love a wall” Continue reading

  • Sea Change Continue reading

  • In All Their Distress and Sea Change

    “…in all their distress. It was no messenger or angel but his presence that saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.” – Isaiah… Continue reading

  • This Day – Advent Gospels – Day 27

    SolLuna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 12/24/2021   Away in a Manger Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them… Continue reading

  • What Will This Child Become? – Advent Gospels – Day 26

    SolLuna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 12/23/2021   Luke 1:57-66 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced… Continue reading

  • What Did Mary Know? – Advent Gospels – Day 25

    Hear Mary Did You Know (Official Music Video) | GENTRI (feat. Mat and Savanna Shaw) from YouTube. Continue reading

  • Home – Advent Gospels – Day 24

    SolLuna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 12/21/21 “In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” – John 14:2 Home! Home, sweet, home! That’s… Continue reading

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