October Festival of Thoughts
I was thinking of what October brings to light and how our world seems to be in circling motions. In the northern part of the world Autumn begins while in…
Goodbye: Reflecting on the Death of a Friend
I have been friends with Karin for more than thirty years. She lives in the corner house at the end of my block with a lovely English garden and a…
Hell is a Garbage Dump
Susan will be away for the next couple of weeks, so there will be no Friday reflections on October 4 and October 11. Her Friday reflections will resume on October…
The Vulnerability of Children
Wisdom 2: 12, 17-20 RM / Jeremiah 11: 18-20 RCL; Psalm 54; James 3:16 - 4: 3; Mark 9: 30-37. Some time ago I visited a small rural cemetery where…
Will. You. Follow. Me?
Isaiah 50: 4c-9a; Psalm 116; James 2: 14-18 (RM) or 3: 1-12 (RCL); Mark 8: 27-35 (RM) or 27-38 (RCL.) On a sunny Sunday afternoon in June, many long years…
Even the Dogs Eat the Children’s Crumbs
Isaiah 35: 4-7a; Psalm 146; James 2: 1-5 (RM) or 1-10, 14-17 (RCL); Mark 7: 31-37 (RM) or 24-37 (RCL.) Why tell a good story when you can tell a…
The Practical Necessity of Rules and Laws
Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 6-8 (RM) or 6-9 (RCL); Psalm 15; James 1: 17-18, 21b-22, 27 (RM) or 1-17 (RCL); Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23. Rules. Law. The rule of law.…
Take Up the Whole Armor of God
Joshua 24: 1-2a, 15-17, 18b (RM) or 1-2a, 14-18 (RCL); Psalm 34; Ephesians 5: 1-2, 21-35 (RM) or Eph 6: 10-20 (RCL); John 6: 53, 60-69 (RM) or 56-69 (RCL.)…
The Daisy: Musings Part 2
Reflecting on the abundant daisies growing freely on the lawn in their beauty and simplicity, reminds me of the many musings and memories of childhood. We are all familiar with…
Written Symbolically But Taken Literally
Proverbs 9:1-6; Psalm 34; Ephesians 5: 15-20; John 6: 51-58. There’s a saying I’ve run across more than once lately: “In our time, we tend to think that the ancient…
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