Last year I wrote that I’d be continuing my foray into my life as a snow-birder. But as people are more and more prone to reading things quickly, I got more than a few perplexed responses from people asking how on earth I can snowboard when I can barely walk…
No, I’m not going snowboarding Read More »
Taking the focus squarely away from foreskins and such, I’ve also been very much consumed with the thought of Jesus being visited by magicians.
That time when Jesus got circumcised and then visited by Zoroastrian Magicians (Part 2) Read More »
One of our best friends got ordained as an Anglican priest a few years ago. So we drove out there to the ceremony. It was held in the big beautiful Anglican Cathedral in London Ontario. While it was a service designed with much tradition and symbolism in a very ornate building, and even though he is one of my best friends in the world, I found myself completely distracted.
That time when Jesus got circumcised and then visited by Zoroastrian Magicians Read More »
We’re so close now.
I’m hoping,
Trusting,
Believing,
that everything is going to be alright,
that peace, Shalom, will rule the day,
that LOVE ultimately wins.
Even the Mountains and Trees are Groaning while they Wait on Christmas Eve Read More »
“The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes”
Said the asinine tweet from the incoming president elect.
WE NEED MORE NUKES!!! Read More »
If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.
Too busy and overwhelmed NOT to pray Read More »
There’s so much darkness in the world.
Sometimes I wonder what’s the point in trying to make it better.
It just keeps getting worse.
The shortest, or is it the longest, day of the year Read More »
Imagine a world where we automatically assumed that all politicians, leaders, preachers, teachers, cops, judges, social workers, and lawyers were doing their jobs with 100% integrity.
Corruption, Politics, Leadership, and Advent Read More »
There is so much to long for during this Advent season.
We are still waiting.
Still longing.
Still hoping.
Assassinations, Hostages, and Terrorism in Advent Read More »
In this last week of Advent, I long for love to dominate everything.
I want to love and be loved.
I want to be a friend to someone who is lonely.
I want to be an instrument of God’s love. God’s friendship.
All you need is Love Read More »