"Softening the soul..." isn't that a lovely expression? It is a term used by Robert Wicks to describe treating ourselves with ...

Last night I took a book off one of my shelves at home and began to take it in. Apparently it has been sitting there for almost six yea...

For most of my life I have worried about - and wanted to be - cool. Mostly that title has eluded me. In fourth grade I was the geeky guy wh...

Earlier this year I wrote something about seeking gentleness in all things . In a volume of poetry that Leonard Cohen published as The Book ...

Yesterday I spent a little time listening to a colleague in ministry who was feeling frustrated, hurt and hassled by some of the crazy b...

Almost seven years ago, we left Tucson - but over and over again it keeps calling my name.  Three years ago today, Gabby Giffords was shot i...

NOTE: Here are my worship notes for this coming Sunday, January 12, 2014.  As we explore the spirituality of Epiphany more carefully, ma...

Today is the Feast of Epiphany : in the course of 8 hours it rained and all the snow melted; then in the blink of an eye, more snow came ...