Thanksgiving
The trees are mostly bare, but there is excess in these late-autumn days; of food, of memory, of longing. Time, in its fullness, spills backward and forward, and with it thoughts of all we have ever loved or hoped to love. Gathered into one, it is a feast of too…
5 Things We Want Our Boys to Become
To be able to enjoy girls and women without having to control or possess them. To have meaningful and vulnerable relationships with other males. To have a lively internal life of reflection, meditation, and imagination. To respect elders and to become an elder worthy of respect. To channel passion and…
Small gestures
On Sunday, rather than lighting the peace candle, worship leader Becca Lachman invited us to place our hand over our heart and imagine the peace candle as a light within us. It’s a prayerful gesture one can access any time. Later in the service there were many candles burning…
Piecing the Puzzle of Scripture
I have been asked to be the featured speaker at the upcoming Jr. High Winter Retreat at Camp Friedenswald in January. For my topic, I decided to go with: “What do we do with the Bible?” I chose this topic partially because the High School Sunday School class is already…
Happy? Anniversary Protestants
What do Facebook and Twitter have in common with the Protestant Reformation? Nothing and everything. Six days from now, October 31, is the 500 year anniversary of the German monk and professor Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg church. It was a list…
