Make Love Not War: A Christmas Story
I promised you a Christmas story. This one is a Christmas story in several unique ways. It's a story about God's grace not as a distant ideal but as an embodied, tangible, very personal encounter....
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My great uncle passed away two days ago at the age of 89. Uncle Sandy was someone who spent a lot of his time investing in the next generation. He had a heart for teaching younger people about the...
View ArticleThe Tragedy of Abortion
My husband warned me not to bring this issue up, because it's one of those topics that makes people squirm and in some cases scream at each other. But, I was often one of those kids growing up who...
View ArticleJesus on the Mount of Olives: Station 1
He came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. When he reached the place, he said to them, "Pray that you may not come into the time of trial." Then he...
View ArticleWomen Body Builders: Why The Church Needs More of Them
What few of her parishioners know, or are only now beginning to discover, is that on one Sunday morning eight years ago Rev. Dr. Amy Richter of St. Anne's Parish in Annapolis, Maryland took second in...
View ArticleObservations on Grief
I'm learning more about the nature of grief as I make my way through Hilary Spurling's fascinating biography of Pearl Buck. Pearl's only child, Carol, was born with a rare, degenerative condition that...
View ArticlePrayers in Wake of Colorado Tragedy
I'm struck this morning by the prescience of yesterday's poem, coming as it did (without my knowledge at the time of posting it) in the wake of the tragedy that struck late Thursday night at a movie...
View ArticleRoyalty in God’s Warehouse: A Christmas Story
Every year the president of a large, nationwide trucking company makes a visit to every affiliate in cities across America. It's always a couple weeks before Christmas. One of the men who works in the...
View ArticleMusical Mental Health Break- Bach’s Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor with Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma played Bach's Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor at Thursday's interfaith prayer and healing service in Boston, where the President and First Lady were in attendance after the tragedy of this week's...
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Remembering Joyce and Little Things With Great Love
[A correction has been made to Joyce's age in this latest version of the post.] And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. —1 Corinthians 13:13 Right now my...
View ArticleWhat I’m Learning About That “Pick Your Battles” Advice
At least once a week he runs several times around the full perimeter of our local neighborhood park. And he's always carrying that damn Confederate flag. That and then the white beard, white T-shirt...
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