“In the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope to despair.”— Howard Thurman Sunlight is dancing on the waters today as I rest in God’s good gift of creation. It glitters and bounces on ripples along small waves. I’ve […]
One of the gifts of being in ministry are the ecumenical gatherings of pastors, when we come together and share our common love for God’s people. On one occasion, I attended a meeting where our host served a more conservative congregation. As was often the case in my early years, women were few in number. […]
I got my contextualist world view from my dad. Before I ever heard the term, I knew my dad as a contextualist – a person who evaluates every situation in the light of complex circumstances. Which explained the inconsistences of different rules for different people at our small fishing resort in southern Minnesota. Like the […]
Today our divided nation is faced with stark differences in our values and our understanding of reality. This division rips and tears at our nation’s soul. So deep are our divisions, that we find it difficult to even talk to each other. Some of us, look with dismay at a president running roughshod over […]
I was in the drive-through lane at my local McDonalds, one car behind the person who was being served. A man, waiting for his meal walked up to the window, asking about his food. Which was when the person in the car ahead of me started shouting at the other man. I saw the man […]
We learn by experience, just what we don’t know. Recently, I did my first ever (and quite possibly my last) video sermon. It didn’t take long to figure out, that not only am I not an expert in technology, but I also don’t know much about staging. This was a learning experience, with more trial […]
These months of Covid19 have been wearing on our souls and our spirits. Numbers on the John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center Global Map continue to rise. Each number representing another precious life ended, another family in grief. What has been most troubling to me are those who have chosen not to take the disease seriously. […]
