I have a habit of jotting down phrases or quotes or random thoughts in a notebook I try to carry with me. I sometimes put them in my...

Last week I had my annual appointment to have my eyesight checked. When the optometrist dialated my pupils, he put in the eyedrops that...

This morning I muse and write and ponder and pray while the tide is high and the suns' light is muted by the haze of this season. Across...

September 11th. Twenty two years ago. We said we'd never forget, that we would always remember those whose lives were taken so...

Labor Day marks the unofficial ending of summer for those of us in the United States. Where I live, though not in all places, children...

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the First March on Washington. With the specter of so much racial violence - and let's be clear, I...

Sound sleep has not been a consistent companion lately. In part, we are living liminally and there are many things up in the air. In...

I am so fortunate to have an amazing collection of friends. They span my life, ranging from early childhood friends to people I have...

Last weekend I officiated at the wedding of a young man I've known since he was about nine years old. He was a sweet kid then and he's a...

I'm uncertain how it's possible that today is the last day of July when the first day of July was just last Tuesday. But here we are, on...

Good Monday Morning! My musings this morning are a little bit all over the place. Somehow, though, they share a connection with the sky....

When I was a child, I often spent the weekend with my maternal grandmother, my Nanny. After my grandfather died, when I was 7, I think...

I am delighted to have begun serving as a "bridge pastor" for a local ELCA congregation. This simply means that in the time between the...

I've been told that I have no poker face. Apparently, no matter how hard I try, my emotional responses, what I am feeling about a...

One of the realities of our particular life circumstances is that we are without a faith community. Wow. Saying that makes it feel even...

The lovely collection of poems, How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope, (edited by James Crews with a forward worthy of the...

May 31, 2023 The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth This story, found in Luke 1: 39-56*, tells the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus,...

I’ve recently been drawn/called/pulled to put down roots. I’ve never lived in one place for a very long time. Ever. Let’s call the...

It’s unlikely that any words I would arrive here with could fully describe the deep, deep gratitude I have for my family. These...