For 45 years I served local churches … in New Jersey, Wyoming, and Massachusetts. Each was unique, with its own culture and preferences and each was a beloved place of ministry. Faces and names from those congregations fill me with… Continue reading

People who decide to run marathons fascinate me!  The race is a grueling 26.2 miles and requires months of training. At the finish line, runners appear totally spent. Yet, thousands do it and claim to enjoy it. I am told… Continue reading

On a trip to Israel, I visited both of that nation’s inland bodies of water.  One, the Sea of Galilee, is a sparkling gem, full of life.  The other, 30 miles downstream at the end of the Jordan River, is… Continue reading

How do you regard the passing of time?  Some ‘kill time.’ Others waste it. Some invest it, some spend it. Recently I read this thought. Imagine someone agreed to deposit $1440 in your account every day with only condition being… Continue reading

Emotions make my life so much richer.  The ability to feel joy and sorrow, love and hate, peace and turmoil give life color.  A shared moment of real laughter is renewing. An embrace releases a flood of happiness.  In the… Continue reading

Do you know any really generous people?  Most likely your immediate thought was about money. Generosity includes dollars, but it is a larger issue of the heart, a way of life that enriches the giver.  Stephen Covey, author of 7… Continue reading

I went to dinner last night and was served a good plate of nourishing food. When it was set in front of me, inwardly I critiqued the way it was prepared – ‘the meat is overcooked.’  In that moment, a… Continue reading

Bev did not like to waste food so leftover dinner portions were packaged and stored … that one serving of lasagna, that single pork chop, the cup of rice … for that one evening each week when we ate reheated… Continue reading

On this Monday morning,  I woke up with a stormy soul, troubled about the present world in which I live, seeing only sadness when I looked back, and feeling the unknowns of the future stalking me like wolves at the… Continue reading

Turning people into objects, into things to be used, rather than beings made in the image of God, happens too often and it has awful consequences. Nations do it when they go to war. The ‘other side’ is turned into… Continue reading