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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
For the past couple of months I have had the good fortune of staying with some friends while I’ve been looking for a place to live in my newly adopted city. It has been a huge gift and I am incredibly grateful. They are good people, kind and generous. Their...
Black or white. Either/or. All or nothing. Win or lose. On or off. The list goes on and on. You get the idea. It’s binary thinking that keeps me from enjoying the full-spectrum life I’ve been given. I have come a long way in recent years with regard to how I see...
Yesterday evening a friend reminded me about a sermon I once preached in which I quoted from a variety of mystic poets. I hadn't thought about that sermon in a long time, so it was fun to look it up and revisit it. It was originally preached early in January, but...
I try to make a contribution in this world of ours by noticing bits and pieces of beauty, awe, and wonder - and then finding ways to share it with others, in the hopes of spreading it about. Mostly I do that with photos and poetry, but occasionally some other ways...