Being a part of the church can be a challenge some days. Those of us who want the church to be more find it to be a place sometimes slow to move towards justice and towards. hope. There is a real move among some leaders in the church for us to have a conversation about... Continue Reading →

"Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, "I am not of value," is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought – so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, Then you can do anything. It is usually said that you are your own master." Each... Continue Reading →

  Wisdom from the mouth of Henri Nouwen: We all have dreams about the perfect life: a life without pain, sadness, conflict, or war. The spiritual challenge is to experience glimpses of this perfect life right in the middle of our many struggles. By embracing the reality of our mortal life, we can get in... Continue Reading →

Today is Ash Wednesday. It is the church’s time to call the people of God to a time of repentance, of prayer, and a time of fasting or sacrifice. We begin a 40 day odyssey toward the Christian Passover. Almost every year I begin this journey toward Easter by reading again Ezekiel 37.1-14. It is... Continue Reading →

Too long would be an understatement for how neglectful I have been of ‘the blog’ of late. To say that I have been preoccupied would also be a gross understatement. The good news (or bad depending on how you see it) is this whole adventure of writing online started in lent three years ago as... Continue Reading →

When it comes to church-land, do you think it possible that we take ourselves entirely too seriously? I mean it seems to me that we are wound a little tight and that sometimes come across stuffy and bland, dare I say even a little ‘grand,’ especially us clerical types. We do need to learn to... Continue Reading →