Oh, it's a new year, beloveds and I am trying to be grateful for it all. Bruce and I are in the midst of a time of really deep resting. ...

Merry Christmas! This year in the United States holiday travel was upended by multiple winter weather events and the cascading snafus...

Most cultures and religions find meaning in the solstices; those days when the light begins to either shorten or lengthen. Yesterday,...

Advent invites us into circular thinking around time. Scripture readings are of the apocalyptic variety, which means they are more about...

When this post appears in this space on this Monday morning, Bruce and I will actually be half a world away, on an airplane (if you know...

A friend recently recommended the new holiday film Spirited to me. Bruce and I watched it over the weekend and we were delighted by this...

This season, or rather, this group of seasons, (Advent-Christmas-Epiphany) is what fills my spirit up. Not in that jolly,...

When I was a parish pastor I used to send my parishioners an email as the week began; I called it Monday Morning Musing because who...

This year my Beloved and I will be traveling more than usual over the holiday season. It is the first after the death of his mother in...

September 6, 2021 Columbus, OH It's the unofficial end of summer. Labor Day once was the time when we put away our white shoes and our...

August 30, 2021 Columbus, Ohio The last few weeks, or maybe most of August, we've endured typical midwestern summer weather. Hot, humid...

August 9, 2021 Columbus, Ohio I have lost the rhythms I'd intended around posting poetry and blessings and words of meaning each Monday. ...

June 28, 2021 Columbus, OH Inspiration comes from many sources and our job is to pay attention and allow ourselves to carry and give...

June 21, 2021 Columbus, OH With the arrival of summer, we remember the different rhythms of the long ago....or maybe of just last summer....

June 7, 2021 Columbus, Ohio B and I sat on the blanket on the expansive lawn last Friday evening. The summer evening event in our town...

June 1, 2021 Columbus, Ohio Yesterday was the Feast Day of the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. This story captures my imagination. I...

May 24, 2021 Columbus, OH On Saturday the Trinity Lutheran Seminary community gathered to celebrate our 2021 graduates. With some COVID...