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The Pious Groundhog A groundhog has taken up residence in the church prayer garden. He (we assume) is eating the Hostas and giving our gardener fits. What to do? This is not St. Francis’ wolf, no livestock has gone missing and not one single human has been devoured....
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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...
