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If you take care of the birds, you take care of most of the big problems in the world. – Biologist Thomas Lovejoy My advice to pastors and others who care too much is this: hang a bird feeder...
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On a recent afternoon, my middle son flew off the bus and in through the front door, driven by an urgent demand. “Mom! Mom! I want to buy a felting kit! Can I buy a felting kit?” he cried, throwing his coat and backpack to the...
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Destiny itself is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread is guided by an unspeakably tender hand, placed beside another thread, and held and carried by a hundred others. – Rainer Maria Rilke For the past few years, we’ve tried to adopt...
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My cat teaches me about desire, about persistence. // Seated for a time of prayer, I hear him at the screen door, crying. I open the door, open my heart. Seated again, he climbs, purring, into the warm curve of my lap. His black fur is wet, his...
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A sermon for Messiah Village’s annual Thanksgiving Service, based on I Thessalonians 5:18 and Exodus 16:9-21, 31. In this passage, God responds to the Israelite’s complaints by telling them to “draw near.” Then, God provides for their...
