The last book I finished reading was Under the Overpass by Mike Yankoski.  It is about the journey a college student, Mike, and his friend, Sam, made after deciding to live in four major US cities as a homeless person for five months. He was specifically interested to see the Church's response to persons afflicted … Continue reading Loving Your Neighbor

Hebrews 10:16-25"'This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days,' says the Lord: 'I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds,' he also adds, 'I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.'" Where there is forgiveness of these, there is … Continue reading Good Friday

Text: Psalm 89:1-4 There are those songs.  You know the songs of which I speak. Songs laced with a hypnotic melody that cause them to be forever burned into our memory.  Songs so infectious that they appear to jump from one person to another like a bad cold. A young man on a subway is … Continue reading Preparing for Advent

Sometimes it takes me a long time to figure things out.  To do what I know.  To follow where I'm led.  To surrender to what is right.  To let go of what is wrong. I chase after vanishing winds. I harness nothing which powers nothing. I put my energies into bags with holes and rusted-out … Continue reading Rusted Out Buckets

From my Scripture reading today: He [Jesus] left there and returned to his hometown.  His disciples came along.  On the Sabbath, he gave a lecture in the meeting place.  He made a real hit, impressing everyone.  "We had no idea he was this good!" they said.  "How did he get so wise all of a … Continue reading Tripping

"Writing is really quite simple; all you have to do is sit down at your typewriter and open a vein." Red Smith Open a vein . . . quite simple?  I think not.  Painful . . . most definitely.  Messy . . . usually. In the days of early medicine when people would be under … Continue reading Open a Vein

It's storming oustide.  I love storms.  I sat on my deck for awhile, listening to me IPOD and letting the wind whip me hair all over the place.  Fantastic! From my devotional this morning:  "The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." - Frederick … Continue reading Calling

Loving God, we know there are tremendous problems facing the world - natural disasters, civil wars, violence, disparities in resources, and sickness. We confess that there are days when we look the other way, change the channel, or pretend the problems don't exist. We say that the problem is someone else's concern or displace the … Continue reading A Prayer for Us