April 05, 2019
Making Choices
From time to time I like to take time to think about all the choices I make throughout the day. Right now I’m choosing to sit by the west-facing kitchen window, looking out over the...
March 31, 2019
Waiting in Expectation
“In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.” —Psalm 5:3 Every new day is a gift from God, a chance to...
March 22, 2019
A Word for Today
A bit of history—in the 1700’s in England John Wesley was a priest in the Church of England who noticed that the church seemed more concerned about itself than about truly connecting with God and...
March 15, 2019
All Shall Be Well
Many times over the last few weeks I have thought of the phrase “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well…” from the writings of Julian...
March 08, 2019
Why
When my children were young they watched a cartoon TV show that had many characters, including Murky Dismal and his driver, Lurky. They lived in a part of the kingdom called the “Pits” and Murky’s...
March 01, 2019
Psalm 23
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” For centuries – long before you or me or John Wesley or even Jesus – this Psalm of King David has brought strength and comfort to...
February 22, 2019
Choices
What choices will you make today? What to eat for breakfast and what to wear? How to get some exercise on a rainy day? Some choices we make often and easily. How about how to...
February 15, 2019
Do Onto Others
Before I became United Methodist in my late twenties and began to study the Bible, I thought that the Golden Rule was simply part of our culture and not in the Bible. There are words...
February 08, 2019
Famous Passages
When I was in seminary I spent a semester as a student chaplain at a large medical center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As students, we were often on call during the night so I usually slept...
February 01, 2019
Lost Things
This week I lost several things. First, my office and house keys went missing. Then my pink spiral notebook disappeared. In this I keep all of life’s important notes like who to call and who...