2014-01-22T07:00:51-04:00

“That’s so sweet!” my student said, reading the item on my office door. “How old was your son when he wrote that?” “He was in first grade,” I replied. “What grade is he in now?” “He’s working on his Master’s degree in psychology.” The item has been on my office door for a while, because it was a gift—the sort of gift that keeps on giving. The year that my son was in first grade, I was on a mission... Read more

2014-01-15T07:00:48-04:00

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2014-01-08T07:00:21-04:00

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2014-01-03T07:28:08-04:00

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2013-12-24T06:35:59-04:00

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2013-12-23T06:37:50-04:00

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2013-12-14T17:24:44-04:00

Advent is about coming home–here’s one all about that. Read more

2013-12-09T07:30:52-04:00

Bleary-eyed at the 8;00 service yesterday morning, I noticed that a reproduction of the above familiar yet peculiar painting was propped up on a stand at the base of the reader’s lectern. Shortly thereafter, the Old Testament reading for the morning–the following familiar passage from Isaiah–nudged me into awareness: The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow... Read more

2013-12-07T09:30:43-04:00

As we drove home from a lovely two-day celebration of our twenty-fifth anniversary, Jeanne and I were listening to NPR, as is our frequent custom when in the car. It was Nelson Mandela’s ninety-fifth birthday, and we listened to young children singing “Happy Birthday To You” outside the hospital where Mandela has been in serious condition for the past several weeks. “This guy is like George Washington,” I said to Jeanne as various people talked about Mandela’s heroic role in... Read more

2013-11-24T14:28:58-04:00

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