Today's post is going to be hyper-personal. That may strike some as ironic given the freedom I've experienced since retirement. Oth...

As part of my up and down encounter with Lent this year, I found myself moved by the words of Psalm 107. It is the appointed reading for thi...

Today is the Fourth Sunday in Advent. The gospel lesson is one used to proclaim the sermon on the day of my ordination almost 40 years ago...

There comes a time in many musician's development when you realize, "I don't know shit about what's happening in music no...

For those who love winter - especially the beauty of fresh snow and the silence it creates - there is nothing like walking through open fiel...

"Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair. " Blaise Pascal, ...

NOTE:   In part one of this Lenten reflection I noted that Henri Nouwen's Daybreak journal was incredibly candid and vulnerable. Of part...

As a part of my Lenten inner journey (what some speak of as prayer, meditation,spirituality, contemplation) I have been using an on-line re...

One of the inevitable consequences of leaving ministry for retirement is moving into a land of invisibility. As with most destinations, th...

Playing new music at this stage in my life is a fascinating paradox. Part of me asks, "Why would anyone want to listen to a few gee...

This observation by Henri Nouwen has increasingly become important to me. I have heard visual, musical and dance artists say much the same ...