Nothing I perceive or experience is “real.” It doesn’t exist. The stars I see when I look up into the night sky are light-years away. The light I’m seeing left its source a long time ago. Even the light I am looking at right now coming from the screen of my phone...
Most mornings find me sitting in the hot tub looking at the stars just as the not-yet-risen sun is beginning to color the eastern horizon. Today a haiku showed up, and left me smiling (as such things often do). But then this particular haiku revealed itself to be...
Abundant Life – A Test John 10: 1-10 Roger Lynn October 2, 2022 In the process of living our lives we find ourselves faced with a variety of choices. Decisions must be made. Actions must be taken. As we seek to make those choices, whose voice do we listen to? Whose...
Today Facebook reminded me of something I posted 12 years ago - Sometimes, even after almost seven months, my heart still has a hard time coming to terms with the reality of Veronica's death. This morning I was thinking about one of the countless wonderful...
Finding God In The Common Places Luke 24: 13-32 Roger Lynn September 25, 2022 One of the most remarkable things about the Christian faith is how ordinary it is. I suspect that if we were honest with ourselves, what we would really like, at least some of the time,...
How I see the world is changing. I find myself looking to what is sometimes hiding just beneath the surface. And often what I see is light. Partly this can attributed to my camera. As I continue learning how to compose a photograph I start noticing details I might...
There are approximately 400 billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy, which is about 120,000 light years across. I don’t really have the capacity to wrap my head around those kind of numbers. I just have a sense that it’s really (REALLY) big. In the face of that sort...
Allowing Our Faith To Become Personal John 20: 19-29 Roger Lynn September 18, 2022 It had been a tumultuous week for the disciples of Jesus. They had arrived in Jerusalem amidst the fan-fare and excitement of a parade. They had shared a Passover meal with Jesus....
OK - I am now officially in awe, and I’m also laughing. When the Universe decides it’s time for me to really start “getting it” (or, perhaps, when I finally decide it’s time for me to really start listening) then things pick up speed in a hurry. Every day (multiple...