Do you ever have soul-crushing days? Days when everything goes wrong - or at least feels like it does. Days when you just want to go home, make a cup of tea, crawl into bed, and lose yourself in a wel...  Read More

9/13/24 I received a phone call a few minutes ago. Someone was calling to tell us that something we’d been given annually, here at church, was no longer going to be free for us because the person who ...  Read More

You know how people ask questions that are pertinent to the season? “What are you planning to do after graduation?” they’ll ask 12th grade kids, who either shrug off the question irritably or smile as...  Read More

Be the light, my friends. Take the light you know of Jesus, and shine it out into the world, even without words....  Read More

Every day - and that is no exaggeration - we are privy to a funny scene at our house. Right off of our deck we have several large maple trees. Somewhere nearby - I'm not exactly sure where - we also h...  Read More

I planted my amaryllis bulbs on Saturday. I'd kind of forgotten about them and suddenly realized that it's about time I do something with those bulbs down in the basement or it will be kinda past the ...  Read More

I can't even say how much I love today.It's Ash Wednesday.But it's also Valentine's Day.Now, I'm not a big proponent of Valentine's Day. It's overblown. There is too much pressure. Too much emphasis o...  Read More

Phew! I just got caught up on 4 days of our Through the Bible reading! Yes, I was behind and it took a while to catch up. I'll try to not let that happen again!I have never before read through the Bib...  Read More

We are all broken puzzles. Trying to fit our lives together as best we know how. May God show us the beauty that is possible with our remaining bits. ...  Read More

12/25/22 Sun. John 7:1-9 No time to write - later or tomorrow...  Read More

A few years ago I came across a quote by American theologian and writer, Frederick Buechner. Here it is, in context. (This is from his book, Wishful Thinking."The grace of God means something like: 'H...  Read More

I wrote this blog post in April. For some reason, I never posted it. Today, when I opened the webpage, there the photo of our cat, Zephyr, sound asleep in the sun, jumped out at me.Zephyr knew how to ...  Read More