The story we remember this morning starts with an exhausted woman getting out of bed. She has had a horrible few days. A man she loved, a man who made her feel lovable, has been killed. Not only killed, but captured by the government, condemned as a traitor, tortured and executed. She cannot voice her […]

Travel with me way back in the halcyon days of 1995. Most people had never heard of the Internet and very few had it in their homes. Cell phones were still mostly seen in James Bond movies. Hackers were still Americans tinkering with computers in their basements rather than foreign armies. The state that I […]

Extravagant Love There are times when the practical and wise choice is not the best one. Frederick taught me that. Like the field mice, we the snippets of beauty that Frederick collected to brighten up the long nights of winter. Now, the daylight will last long into the evening, the mud is already drying out, […]

Sermon excerpt: On this first Sunday of Lent, we set out into a landscape of emptiness. We make up our minds to leave some things behind. We try to clear out some of the clutter in our lives to make more room for the Holy Spirit. Challenges await, but as we open ourselves to all […]

Transfiguration Sunday Sermon excerpt: Listen! God has created you. God has put a divine light within you. You may not sense that it is there, but others can see it in your face. When you begin to perceive its glow, you may want to hide it under a bushel. It makes the world look strange […]