It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way

"The thing about awe...is that it works. It helps you transcend the dreary, draining elements of everyday life and see something bigger. And in the presence of something bigger, you get quite small..." Kelly Corrigan I'm reading a fascinating book by Trevor Hudson called Seeking God. The subtitle is weighty: Finding Another Kind of Live …

Behold The Lamb Of God And Why We Drove Six Hours For A Concert

We first experienced Behold the Lamb of God in 2010, in a cramped room at Bon Air Baptist Church. My dear friends with impeccable taste in music - Jimmy and Judy - insisted that we go. So, we did. And our hearts were filled to the brim. The following year, we learned the music and …

Your Goodness Is Running After Me

I'm making green juice these days. It's messy, because I don't have a juicer. I use my blender - a powerful machine that appeared as a Christmas gift last year - and it does a great job 'extracting' material, by which I think it means, 'pulverizing' whatever you toss upon the whirring blades of destruction. …

It Takes As Long As It Takes

Apple Maple Pie! Something felt very different about today; I sensed a pivot point of sorts - or what feels like the definitive end of a season. Or maybe it was just that it was a day filled with good things, including a new recipe for a homemade apple pie. Or perhaps it was something …

Light

Out in the yard this evening, I was up to my elbows in my new hobby; literally. First of all, there's this: I have a hobby. Referencing again Oliver Burkeman's Time Management for Mortals, It seems the concept of 'having hobbies' might be a good way to counteract the incessant demands on our attention. Granted, …

Time

I'm reading a fascinating book about time: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. I love the subtitle: Time Management for Mortals. I heard Burkeman speaking with Krista Tippett earlier this year on an episode of On Being, and I was intrigued by the way he talked about time; that is, the concept of time in …

Making Space

I continue to learn more and more about what it means to make space, and what happens when I do. This is my vantage point. Something happens inside of my soul, and I don't know what it is or how it works. But I know what it's not. It's not the ritual; it's not the …

Daily Discipline

It seems it was another lifetime when I wrote here regularly, when the blog was the primary place for organizing my thoughts and feelings and finding the words to give them life. I posted photos, and the occasional comment was generally encouraging and helpful. Connections were made. So much has changed, hasn't it? It's easy …

A Confession

I crouched on a short wooden pier by the boat launch. Something shiny had caught my eye, something moving in the murky, shallow water. It was a fish. More accurately, the corpse of a fish. Dead, about 10 inches long, laying sideways on the surface of the water - but twirling and jerking in a …

Grief and Resilience

A meandering two-lane road leads to a small faith community that has come to mean much to me. I've served and led and worshiped alongside people I consider stalwart friends, mentors, and partners in life and ministry. There was a time when I traveled this road three times a week; 45 minutes each way, the …