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Mostly Silence
In matters of the heart, when it comes to what deeply counts for the soul, Advent is mostly a season of Silence. Oh, there is much background noise, grey noise. Like the traffic outside my hotel room in New York City at night –… Continue Reading “Mostly Silence”
A Vision Glorious
If you’re my age, you know where you were. You know where you were when JFK was shot in that motorcade in Dallas, Texas. You know where you were when Dr. King was gunned down on that balcony outside his second-floor room at the… Continue Reading “A Vision Glorious”
One Lord, One People
As I often say, I especially love All Saints Day because with grateful hearts we receive the blessings of God through the lives of so many who have built us up. These are the ones who’ve helped us to thrive. Or like my 11th… Continue Reading “One Lord, One People”
Whose Head is on this Coin?
Again, I’m amazed at how uncanny it is that the Holy Spirit seems to continue to be working in overdrive. This past week I just got our taxes in under the wire – with all that was going on we absolutely had to get… Continue Reading “Whose Head is on this Coin?”
Just Who Let You in Here?
It is uncanny how the Holy Spirit sometimes seems to be working in overdrive. This past week Jai and I flew East to Connecticut so that I might officiate at our younger son Christopher and Alexis’s wedding. Jai and I headed out a few… Continue Reading “Just Who Let You in Here?”
There is no Try
A favorite character of one of the “Star Wars” films was the diminutive gnome, Yoda. Wise beyond words as he attempted to teach Luke Skywalker how to harness the power of The Force. At one point as Luke fails again and again, Yoda exclaims… Continue Reading “There is no Try”
It’s Not Fair
Back some time ago when I was running our family’s construction company, “Forney Development Co.,” we had three projects in various stages of refurbishment in Lake Arrowhead. I would often be up there to monitor progress. One day I got up there, obviously none… Continue Reading “It’s Not Fair”
Trust But Verify
My friend Susan, a priest at All Saints, says that she is never disillusioned by the church. That’s because she has no illusions about the church. Whatever else the church is, it’s a fallible human community like all others. How often have I arrived… Continue Reading “Trust But Verify”
The Sins You Forgive; the Sins You Retain
At my first assignment as a United Methodist pastor out in California’s Upper Mojave Desert, I served two congregations. One of them, the one in Randsburg, I was supposed to close after the church had received a bequest left it by the matriarch of… Continue Reading “The Sins You Forgive; the Sins You Retain”
All Means All – Take 2
When we lived on Green Street, I had a five-mile walking course laid out that took me up to Foothill then back down Towne to home. I would often do this route after dark. One evening as I was heading back down on Towne,… Continue Reading “All Means All – Take 2”
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