At this time of year - just before Thanksgiving and the start of Advent in the USA - it helps my spirit and soul to get away from the grind ...

There is growing momentum for exploring authentic new tools for Afghanistan. Jim Wallis in Sojourner's Magazine writes: When all you h...

“Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occu...

NOTE: Here are this week's sermon notes. They wrap up a series I started - and then interupted - re: resources for journeying with God ...

Last night my man, Bruce Springsteen, performed the totality of "The River" for a NYC audience. THAT was the album that made me a...

NOTE: Here are the sermon notes for today: Sunday, November 8, 2009. Thanks to the insights of Ch ed Myers and Brian Stoffregen re: the wi...

There is a blessing and burden to every birth ord er, yes? For years I have been tortured over being the oldest of six children: sometimes ...

Just a quick post tonight: I am back in Maryland to help out my dad after his long stay in a rehab facility. He is very weak and still lite...

Putting on a show in a small town is turning out to be a LOAD of fun: everyone is pulling together and wanting to help. Last night, af ter ...

So here's a treat : a reflection on the word NAMASTE - that articulates both the theology of the greeting and the healing/political sig...

Well, it came to pass: I through away my sermon notes, spoke of working on a "Three Cups of Tea" commitment re: Afghanistan and ...