Recently, I was moved unexpectedly to tears by a report of a practice by individuals purporting to be “Christian” in regard to what was, as it was described to me, a definite abuse of a Christian sacrament. When I checked with someone else, who had also...
Some things just can’t be fixed……When we were in the final throes of our addition/remodel this past year, the hardwood flooring was a challenge. We had had hardwood installed in the existing portions of the house when we moved in ten years ago. We...
CBB 2/2/15 Christiane Squires, a trained spiritual director, writes about finding one’s shared language with God — how the way you and God communicate is a language all its own and doesn’t have to look or sound the way everyone else’s does. “Where, in your...
Laser-“light amplified by stimulated emission of radiation” – Such a common word today, “laser”. I never knew it was short hand for a very complex concept that was once thought impossible! Charles Townes persevered in bringing about the reality of...
Jesus told a parable: “There was a man who had a demon cast out. The evil spirit wandered in the wilderness. It returned and found the man’s soul empty and swept clean. The evil spirit gathered seven more evil spirits who returned to th…e man and he...
Yesterday I preached at Mathison Retirement Center about friendship with Christ and the loneliness that we may encounter in life. It seemed to resonate with some of the residents. One, in particular, shared her feeling of loneliness during the first few months after...
Spirituality and religion are not the same things, but religion can serve a useful role in helping mold and define our spirituality and facilitate spirituality’s expression. As William Countryman notes: “Map is not territory.” But a map helps one...
I have been writing, in small doses with short descriptive stories, about an experience that happened after a tumble into depression that went undiagnosed for over a year when I was in my early 40’s. After I shared with my doctor that “something just...
Anne Lamott’s personal page bio includes this: “Twenty-three years ago a very hung-over Anne Lamott stumbled into a small church and started what was to be a long journey towards sobriety and sanity. There were no instant miracles on that road, but many...
Living out loud…..that’s what I feel like I’m doing at times. Everyday I have a lot of explaining that I do…..Scripture, biblical principles, cultural deceptions, and why we do what we do in the ministry. I answer lots of questions...
