A Liminal Space
Last August a friend of mine dropped her oldest daughter off for her freshman year of college. The family weekend concluded with an evening...
Accusations
I have had my faith tested by harsh accusations on several occasions in my life. I have been called a heretic. I have been judged as...
The Only Constant is Change
A number of years ago, the company for which I was working was facing a buyout. For many of the employees this was quite disconcerting....
Mars the Interview Dog
On a recent visit with family my step daughter referred to her dog as “Mars The Interview Dog”. She had been telling us about the...
The Difficult Path
The Difficult Path from Slavery to Freedom The Biblical story of the Israelites in Egypt (Exodus 5-9) is not just about their enslavement,...
The Tale of Two Toilets
“A clean toilet is proof that small acts of courage still exist.” ~ Anonymous I know—what an intriguing title for a church blog....
Endurance
Lately I’ve been thinking about the many changes that have taken place within the past year in our world and I think, where is God in all...
A Word for the Year
As the new year begins I often choose a word for the year. More often than not I have forgotten what I chose by the middle of March! This...
It Wasn’t Me
There was a movie my family and I loved called RocketMan (1997). It tells the story of a kind, loving, intelligent—but very inept—man...