I give thanks to the Lord this day for poets who take God's word seriously enough to be playful: there are artists and musicians, dance...

This weekend is, of course, the celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday in the USA. He would have been 84.  We will mark this ...

Looks like we'll get a chance to break out the cross country skies today cuz man, the snow is pouring out of the sky.  As I've noted...

NOTE: I have been asked ~ and have prayerfully chosen ~ to periodically share posts with you on my blog about special projects as part of M...

Heading out this morning into the snow: pastoral visits and all the rest.  It looks like there is about 3 inches so far ~ with freezing rain...

This morning I literally woke up laughing.  I don't know what was so funny in my dreams, nor do I recall hearing the sound of my laughte...

NOTE:  Here are my worship notes for Sunday, January 15, 2012 - honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Sunday. Today we gather to listen for the ...

The writer/pastor/seminary professor, M. Craig Barnes, writes: You cannot determine who you are by what you do. But few people believe tha...

Do you know the old show Harry Nilsson did for TV back in 1971:   The Point ?   I used to love it and still think of it sometimes... It ke...

Last night I finished the troubling, nuanced, creative and insightful new novel by Russell Banks: Lost Memory of Skin . Writing in the NY Ti...

One of the on-going joys of the pastoral ministry is the constant surprises God brings into my life:   you would think that by now ~ 30 year...