God turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water. The upright see it and are glad; and all wickedness stops...

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt “Futuring” is a special discipline within the...

I often tell folks that the most important and useful training I received for ministry came from my days as an opera stage manager and...

Psalm 104 : 1-4 (NRSV) Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty, 2 ...

What a crazy political time it is, this summer of 2013! The Supreme Court of the United States has just gutted the voting rights act...

“You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” – Anne Lamott I...

Hands knead the sprained flesh where rib number five has worked itself out of line and out of order. Ugh. Getting a massage used to be...

On a personal note: I never intended to become an actual blogger who got comments from folks beyond my normal sphere of activity. I...

Happiness depends, as Nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. – William Cowper (1731-1800) English poet and hymnodist I...

The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. – John Milton (1608-1674) Want to change your life?...