Peace Dancing

This past week, one of my Facebook friends posted a video of Dick Van Dyke who is about to turn 99. The background music for this video is “All My Love” which is an amazing song performed by Chris Martin of Coldplay. The video features Van Dyke as he answers questions about his life and […]

I Am Conflicted

It’s happened to me more times than I care to admit. I’ve added a Christmas gift to my cart on Amazon that I know is too expensive and doesn’t fit our budget. My cursor is hanging over the “Place Your Order” button on my screen and beads of sweat are breaking out on my forehead. […]

The Expectation of Good

Simply put, hope is the expectation of something good. This time of year we celebrate “Advent” which means arrival. The arrival that people of the Christian faith celebrate is the arrival of Jesus into our reality. In my last post, I made it clear I am struggling with hope this holiday season. Are you? Some […]

When Hope Arrives

I am in a group text with a few friends who pray for each other. Okay, the group is for prayer requests AND ridiculous GIFS to make each other laugh. But that’s it! And to wish people happy birthday but nothing more. Alright…in some rare cases to see if anyone wants to get dinner together. […]

Above the Treeline

Gratitude is saving me. It has been for the last few years. It is not something nice to add to my pantheon of virtues, it is the virtue that breathes life into every character trait I have. The mental and emotional peace I receive from the daily practice of gratitude, is incalculable. If you are […]

Post Election Reflection Pt 2

In my last post, I unpacked some thoughts and feelings about the election. It is a little darker than most of my blogs but it was really hard to “bright side” some of the things I’ve seen and heard over the last few months. I guess most of us are attempting to move on from […]

Post Election Reflection Pt 1

Warning: This is longer than I wanted it to be. In fact, I broke it up into two posts because I had so many thoughts on the topic. Disclaimer: The following is written to the Christian community. That doesn’t mean that if you aren’t a part of that community this doesn’t apply to you, but […]

Peace and Unity

The following was an email that I sent out to the congregation of our church. I hope that you find comfort in it. I don’t know about you, but I’m beginning to really dislike the term “unprecedented”. For once, I would love to be living in highly documented, mundane, and predictable times wouldn’t you? It would […]

to seek out new life

Have you ever noticed that most books or movies about the future are pretty…depressing? We are overrun with zombies just trying to survive, fighting off cyborg killing machines bent on human extermination, or we are huddled in our fallout shelters scared to leave for fear of being infected with radiation from the nuclear wasteland that […]

What do you want?

Nothing stops me dead in my tracks like a question that cuts through all the pretense and self-delusion. There are a few questions that I have no problem answering. Paper or plastic? Steak or Tofu? Coffee or tea? (I’m a coffee addict.) Dogs or cats? (My wife and I will answer differently on this one.) […]