TUESDAY APRIL 1 -- “You are a light. You are the light.” John Lewis wrote, “Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light.”Yes, and amen. And I will confess that we preachers find it seductive to…
I saw a friend at the grocery store today.”You look tired.” he said.“Yeah,” I replied. “Yesterday was a long week.”These days are dog years for human beings with working empathy.(Thank you John Pavlovitz)Yes, it is easy to get discombobulated. Off-kilter.…
TUESDAY MAR 25 -- This week, let us take heart in the truth that, “In the shelter of each other the people live.”My head (and my heart) find solace in this story from my memory, about connection and shelter, both…
I write this on the third day of Spring. But on my walk this morning, the wind is still very blustery, and quite chilly. So, yes, wintery. I tighten my scarf.Wind has always done a number on my spirit. (Somehow,…
TUESDAY MAR 18 -- "What is Real?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and…
No surprise, I had a few conversations this week about navigating life, and what feels like overriding uncertainty. And, it is no surprise that the most common reactions, were “I have no words.” “I feel so powerless.” And, “I don’t…
TUESDAY MAR 11 -- We live in a world that needs healing, from the gentle hands of grace.And here’s the good news: grace is alive and well in our broken world.Writer Kim Rosen visited a safe house in Kenya for…
“My mantra this year has been the Hebrew words, Lev Basar, which means ‘a heart of flesh,’ from the biblical verse, ‘I will take from you a heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.’ Rebbe Nachman of…
TUESDAY MAR 4 -- A Nigerian woman, a physician at a teaching hospital in the United States, attended a Gordon MacDonald lecture. After, she approached Gordon, to offer kind words of affirmation. She introduced herself using an American name."If I…
An elder is speaking to a gathering of children. “In my spirit, there are two fierce tigers: Anger-Hatred and Love-Compassion. And they are fighting to the death.”A fearful child asks, “Which one will win?”The elder replies: “The one that I…