Where do you come from—geography, faith, source
From: a starting point “Where do you come from?” Meaning geography. A common question when getting to know someone new. My answer: “I grew up in Connecticut, and my parents were from northern Maine.” Both sets of grandparents were potato farmers—below/right is my...
Wife, daughter, self – it’s about relationships
At church yesterday—in the visiting time after morning rehearsal and before the service began—for some reason, I caught myself thinking about relationships and Beth Kephart’s Wife, Daughter, Self: A Memoir in Essays. The book sections into...
The Confused World of Modern Atheism
Modern Atheism 101 Remember the morning last May when I went upstairs to the loft and Keith read a passage from Rabbi Moshe Averick’s Nonsense of a High Order: The Confused World of Modern Atheism? Well, after he finished reading the book, he passed it along to me....
I am weak, He is strong
I am strong. The ensemble sounded strong, rehearsing the prelude before yesterday morning’s service at Bethany Lutheran Church. Until I decided to add a couple beats to the first ending. Or maybe it was a full measure. Everyone rolled with it—I was...
Perseverance in faith, nature, and trial
Perseverance in Faith Last Thursday morning, during my morning devotion, I stumbled upon perseverance in faith—twice. First, I wrote our church’s Bible verse of the month at the top of the left-hand side of the page in my faith journal: Consider it pure joy,...
Friendship in the Second Half of Life
Friendship on The Perennial Gen Friendship. “My friend Sarah says a relationship is like being at opposite ends of a bridge and meeting one another in the middle.” Thus, begins my July post for The Perennial...