Wednesday Greetings, 9-11Today shows us what we humans are capable of.....Terrible violence... Where we become terrorists and take human life.Wonderful kindness... Where we offer ourselves to help others.Choose this day how you will be... ...
Wednesday Greetings, Retreat....As I send this I am at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Paradise Valley, AZ, known as the Casa. Check it out online: www.thecasa.orgI'm at a conference being led by a seminary professor about preaching the psalms.Last night and early this...
Wednesday Greetings, Shalom.The Hebrew word, Shalom, means many things. These days it's a greeting: a hello or goodbye, much like Aloha. But Shalom means something even more.Biblical shalom is peace that comes from a sense of wholeness.It's beautiful, really. ...
Wednesday Greetings, Lamentations 3:22-23 - The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning...Lamentations is a wonderful Old Testament book, full of pain and sorrow (hence the name), and yet, in the midst, the writer...
Wednesday Greetings, Have you ever had one of those days when the only prayer you want to pray .... is a bad prayer? I mean, a mean prayer.... Like you're mad... at the world, at God, at everything.... and the only prayer is a mean-spirited, mad prayer?Pray...
Wednesday Greetings, Sometimes we think a "spiritual" experience is something really grand and glorious, a "MountainTop" experience in our lives. We think they happen at retreats, in worship, at an amazing sunset.But spiritual experiences can be very ordinary and happen in the...
Wednesday Greetings, Wednesday!It's the middle of the week. For me, there are two important things about Wednesday.1. Creating a Wednesday Message... which isn't always easy. I don't always feel inspired, so don't always feel inspiring. It can be a challenge coming up...
Wednesday Greetings, The Monsoons have returned to Tucson. The skies fill with billowing clouds, the sounds of thunder rumble across the airwaves, and the rains fall from above floating the desert with the thirst-quenching waters so desperately needed. The storms are powerful and...
Wednesday Greetings, "I admire people who choose to shine even after all the storms they've been through." Karen SalmansohnThat's not easy, especially when the storms keep coming, especially when the storm is a Category 5 hurricane, or an E10 Tornado, or .... just plain...
Wednesday Greetings, As the sun rises on the window in my front living room (it faces east), I notice a bunch of handprints on the window. I didn't put them there. I'm sure my wife didn't put them there. Oh yeah, the grandkids were here.....I remember being a parent of young...