“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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  • Wrong Door – Wrong Store

    I had a pretty good lesson in humility and pride . It was a moment of internal embarrassment and readjustment in my thinking. Continue reading

  • Crossing the Bar – St. Martin in the Fields “I hope to see my Pilot face to face,When i have crossed the bar.” ——————————A lovely musical setting byPeter Amidon—————————— CROSSING THE BARBY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON Sunset and evening star,  … Continue reading

  • This Day – by Lowell Alexander This day is fragile – soon it will endAnd once it has vanished, it will not come againSo let us love with a love pure and strongBefore this day is goneThis day is fleeting… Continue reading

  • Speak This Blessing

      Download Speak This Blessing   Continue reading

  • 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

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