Reading Time: 2 minutes Four words have defined Advent for centuries: Love, peace, joy, and hope. Each week I’ll turn one of those words …
Advent Psalm: Finding Elusive Peace in a Season of Strife Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutes Love has a name. For most of us when we think of being loved, unconditionally cared for, listened to, touched, …
Reading Time: 2 minutes I intended to post this on the first Sunday of Advent. That day was when many people lit the Love …
Reading Time: 5 minutes I love words. Redeem, discombobulated, aspen, cleave, grace, actually, ravel, revel, truck, maybe, and ubiquitous are a few favorites that …
Words Wield the Power to Create and Destroy our Lives Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutes In the summer of 1972 I almost cut my hair. Like David Crosby sang, “It was gettin’ kinda long.” At …
Two Beautiful Truths I Learned from the Day a Pastor Offered to Cut my Hair Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reading Psalm 20 I noticed this beautiful phrase. “May God remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings.” As …
Reading Time: 3 minutes This past week I was hunting in the Rockies. Time after time as I hiked the woods, I found myself …
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Reading Time: 4 minutes One of the most memorable mountain bike rides I’ve taken also became a parable about death and new life. Taking …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Can love change things? We hear the word too often and our troubles continue. And yet. . . . love …
Sunday Psalm: A Prayer Seeking God’s Powerful, Healing Love Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutes I’m bewitched by aspen trees. Have been for years. They are complex, moody creatures. Their dark eyes are windows into …
Five Truths I Learned about God, Life, and Myself in an Aspen Grove Read More »