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Please forgive me, I’m a little weepy-eyed as I sit to write to you today, its Tuesday night by the way. Some heavy things have come down recently that have me in a little bit of … Read More

Its been rattling around inside my head to talk about the idea of civic duty, and what that should mean to us. There are some who would say to keep the civic and religious separated and … Read More

In this incredibly divisive time, many are given the opportunity to speak against those they oppose. Circumstances are fluid, and there never seems to be a lack of opportunity to run down, tear down, throw “gotcha” … Read More

If you’re like me, disappointments don’t settle on you very easily. Nobody likes to be disappointed. It leaves you feeling as if you failed somehow. You didn’t achieve what you set out to do, you didn’t make the … Read More

As I write to you today, I am at the foot of the Sangre De Cristo mountains in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is a lovely Fall morning here, with clear skies. I’m lodging in downtown Santa … Read More

I just got word that a dear sweet lady who is a member of a former church of mine, is in the last steps of her earthly journey. It makes me sad to know she is … Read More

Reflecting on this past Labor Day, I have seen some Facebook posts that reminded me of my past and also of what the future holds. In my former life, prior to seminary and pastoring churches, … Read More

My daddy’s word to me was “sticktoitiveness.” He always told my brother and me the only true way to success, to achieving anything of real value, was to have the quality of “sticktoitiveness.” Of course, what he … Read More

Do you ever get tired of it all? By that, I mean, do you ever just take in every thing that seems to be going on and become so very tired? The Covid-19 pandemic has raged … Read More

I recently made a purchase of a bicycle. I know I need to do something for some exercise and to tend to my physical body. A clergy colleague and friend of mine recently started riding a bicycle, … Read More