Notes from Vanaprastha:
Reflections on Faith, Nature, and Writing
The Certainty of Christmas
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from...
Last night I had the strangest dream
Last night I had the strangest dreamI ever dreamed beforeI dreamed the world had all agreedTo put an end to war From the song written in 1950 by singer-songwriter Ed McCurdy and recorded by Simon and Garfunkel for their Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. album...
On Patience
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 (NIV) Last Saturday, while blowing leaves from ditches along the driveway and mountain road in preparation for winter, I noticed the bulbs I’d planted last month on the slope...
Time, affirmation, touch, service—all gifts
Ordinarily, I ignore online quizzes. You know, the ones claiming insight into your unique personality based on birth date, favorite color, zodiac sign, or the like. But last week, after reading a faith reflection blog about love relationships, I couldn’t resist...
Feeling as if I’m eighteen
Two Sunday’s ago, on All Saints Day, a few of us gathered in the church narthex between services. In the sanctuary, others were recording weekly devotions, so we spoke quietly. The church organist and I would play the second service prelude, then we first-service...
Peace and Hope for Boomers
Waiting on hold with a supply vendor, the Home Depot ProDesk associate I’ll call Tammie asked us if we were retired. Keith and I had decided to replace our disintegrating treated-wood deck with a composite, but supplies of building materials had been disrupted due...
Meet Carole
