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It is Time
So much has been said…so much has been posted…and yet here we are. Fear, anger, frustration, hate, intolerance, all seem to be increasing and encroaching. Just in the past week a group of people threatened a College President, his … Continue reading
First Visit
11 years ago today Dani, Sadie (who was 3 months old), and I traveled from Monrovia, California to visit a church in Kansas, in a town named Marion. I had been in conversation for a couple months with the search … Continue reading
What You will
Reading in Baillie’s A Diary of Private Prayer I came across these lines this morning: “Do what You will with me, O God; make of me as You will, and change me as You will, and use me as You … Continue reading
Moon Shadow
One of my favorite places to run is in the country. Running south I can be off paved asphalt roads in less than a half mile. One of my favorite times to run is in between 5 and 6am. In … Continue reading
Hutchmoot 2015
I just returned from Hutchmoot. This was my third time, and yet I struggle to describe this weekend in Nashville to those who have not experienced it yet. There are some elements that are the same each year; good music, … Continue reading
I Am Here
Yesterday as I read about the rescue of the women from Boko Haram these words came to me: If you see the world’s pain and do not weep or even groan in agony… then you do not see. If you … Continue reading
Good Friday
Fridays are the beginning of freedom from meetings and deadlines from frustrating coworkers from piles of paperwork from full email inboxes from the daily grind of trying… to scratch out a living Good Friday is the beginning of freedom from … Continue reading
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His Hands
After the transition from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time I was blessed to have a couple mornings where I hung out with my son before the sun came up. On one of those mornings his hand was in mine. … Continue reading
Saints
It wasn’t until about seven years ago that I first celebrated All Saints Day. It tends to be a forgotten day among the faithful as the festivities around Halloween continue to grow in importance and celebration. However since first celebrating … Continue reading
Are we messengers of life?
I took this picture a few weeks ago as I was walking to the church on a Sunday morning. The picture is of a large number of turkey vultures roosting on the water tower behind our middle school/high school. What … Continue reading
The Story of the Journey 