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Surrounded by Love
I was standing in the sanctuary yesterday just before the rehearsal for my daughter’s wedding started. I was having a little chat with her mother (I do that sometimes), and I said, “I wish you could be here.” And then she reminded me that she is. It was then that I...
Pondering the Ephemeral
the waning moon shines peeking through the morning clouds savor each moment I’ve been pondering the ephemeral nature of life and the ways in which that quality also makes life ineffable. When I pay attention to each fleeting moment my life is shaped by awe and...
Revisiting My Life…
This evening, on a whim, I picked up my book “Keeping My Feet Firmly Planted in the Flow: A Year of Journeying Through Grief & Gratitude” and read through the whole thing in one sitting. It was, as it always is, a remarkable experience. The first third of the...
Expansive Prayer
Today, after a 2 1/2 year hiatus, I stepped back into the pulpit to lead worship and preach. I was filling in at Country Homes Christian Church in Spokane (where I served as Transitional Pastor 14 or 15 years ago) while their pastor was out of town. Here's what I...
What Is Mine To Do?
We are living in very challenging times. And in the face of all the hard and frightening winds which are swirling around us I have sometimes (often) found myself overwhelmed and frozen with fear and uncertainty. But I am slowly (perhaps too slowly) beginning to...
Remembering a Dream
Last night I had a profoundly interesting dream. I hardly ever remember my dreams, or have any awareness of what they might mean, but this one feels right on target. I woke up several times pondering it, and then fell back asleep into the same dream. It began with...
Fifteen Years Ago…
Fifteen years ago today (March 7th), early on a Sunday morning, my beloved wife (Veronica) left her body behind and set off for new adventures on another plane of existence. In that moment, as I stood there hugging her two beautiful daughters, my world turned...
What Am I Waiting For???
Tonight I was staring up into a dark sky full of stars. They were bright points of light and they were plentiful. Orion and the Big Dipper. Mars shining in that peculiar way Mars does. And it was glorious. But then, after not that many minutes had passed, I...
The Universe is a REALLY Big Place
Sometimes I ponder random things while staring up at the night sky. Tonight’s random pondering was centered on how incomprehensibly huge the Universe is. For example, from where I sit it seems like our planet Earth is pretty big. It takes three or four days of...