When friends and loved ones ask, "So what are you going to do now?" - meaning what are my plans for retirement from pastoral minis...

Yesterday, I shared some thoughts that bubbled up from one of Jean Vanier's books, Befriending the Stranger, including the follo...

In these bewildering and anxious times, these words from Jean Vanier speak to my heart. In his tender book, Befriending the Stranger...

One of the challenges that inhibits hosting an inter-faith festival of music that celebrates the popular and liturgical music from the Abrah...

In the past two weeks, I have had the privilege of playing the songs of my heart with some of the people who are dearest to my soul. One of ...

Tonight a few friends (mostly associated with music-making rather than church) will join our family for a night of story-telling, song and r...

The sun is out and the snow has fallen: a perfect Berkshires winter morning. The head colds are petering out, albeit stubbornly, and Tucson...

NOTE: This is a reasonable facsimile of what I shared with my congregation on my departure from local church ministry.  It is, of course, ...

There is a certain irony that has not gone unnoticed in our home: after worship on Sunday, my last as a local church pastor, I came down wit...

Yesterday, Sunday January 28, 2018, I celebrated worship for the final time as a local church pastor. It was an experience chock full of em...