“Co-dependency” emerged as a buzzword in my profession more than a decade ago, and became a catch-all phrase for a dysfunctional congregation. The concept springs from studies observing the long-term … [Read more...]
Getting Uncomfortable
What a difference a week can make. Last Wednesday I extolled the wrongly maligned frigid cold of winter and its peculiar graces, and Monday this week, I walked my dog along the Geneva lakefront in … [Read more...]
The Grace of Winter
I read somewhere along the line about wintering strategies for some tribes in Northern Michigan, back when life was good and European invaders few and far between. This was up in Michilimackinac, a … [Read more...]
Some Parenting Advice
It flashes back in my memory as if just yesterday: a six-month-old baby on my shoulder and a three-year old holding my hand as we walked into the grocery. Without warning the three-year-old collapsed … [Read more...]
Mary Oliver, Thank You
Mary Oliver, thank you. The simple elegance of your poems exquisitely mirrors what is miraculous in nature – that out of seemingly simple elements placed in fortunate proximity and serendipitous … [Read more...]
When I Am Dead and Gone
Did you ever ask yourself: When you are dead and gone what will they say about you? Surely at a funeral, or reading someone’s obituary? Maybe you played that group ice-breaker game in which you’re … [Read more...]
Ah, the Seasons!
If it were mid-summer, a cloudless blue sky with the lake sparkling diamonds of morning light, and the only thing a body wanted to do was sit still and not move, it could be a warning sign of … [Read more...]
A Sunday Sermon, Shrunk and Secularized for the General Public
There is a message wrapped in the Christmas story that doesn’t get opened on Christmas Eve, and for good reason. It is counter-cultural. We can save it for other times of the year. But it is a message … [Read more...]
One Herd
Recently I was told about an incident in which someone was denigrating a group in which I am a member. Apparently, the person engaging in this behavior was espousing false information about my group … [Read more...]
A Limit to Free Speech?
“Platform” is a word the tech industry likes to use. Facebook provides a digital connection platform. Uber offers a transportation platform. Twitter is a “real-time, open information … [Read more...]
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