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Swimming in an Ocean of Love
There are people in my life who love me and care about me and value me - more of them than I might ever have imagined to be possible. And each of them in their own way is a remarkable gift. I am a different person, a better person, a person more fully myself, than...
When Death Comes Knocking…
This evening a memory showed up, and with it came an awareness that I am not the same person I was then. Back in 2012 I experienced a medical crisis that almost ended my life. What was written on my chart was “massive bi-lateral pulmonary embolisms” - large blood...
Eating an Artichoke
I had an artichoke for dinner tonight, and thoroughly enjoyed it. (Shout out to my sister-in-law for introducing them to me sometime in the distant past.) But, they really are an odd food. I’m trying to imagine the person who first said, “I’m really hungry, but the...
Pondering What We Don’t Know…
On this All Hallow’s Eve, when it is said that we are sometimes visited by the spirits of the departed, this photo popped up from twenty years ago. I find myself smiling at this reminder of my late wife and me dressed up in silly costumes on our way to a Halloween...
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...