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Trimming and Pruning

I never used to get sick. Now that I have a small child, however, I seem to [...]

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A Heart Too Full for Sleep

As I write this on Wednesday, I haven’t had much sleep since Sunday. There’s just [...]

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Moving Into Lent

It all started with a dazzling white robe and a few words uttered by Peter in terror [...]

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Another One of Me

“Did you preach that sermon for me?” It was not an unfamiliar question during coffee hour, but [...]

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“EMOTION!” Screamed the Calm Voice of Reason

E.F. Schumacher wrote that we are most fully alive when [...]

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I poked the Pope but he didn’t poke back

It turns out that the pope has his own channel [...]

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Nerves

Preaching rarely makes me nervous. At times, I can feel a little uncomfortable if I’m not as [...]

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The Angel Said, “Hakuna Matata”

That was the title of one of my Advent sermons. [...]

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The Year of Mark or When the Small Birds Seem Elsewhere

Without small birds, the world [...]

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Smile Therapy

To say that my eight month old daughter smiles at everyone is not an exaggeration in the [...]