Across the thumb-shaped north end of the lake, if your vantage point is near the mouth of the Lake Tunnel, there is a puffed up open expanse of farmland. By my reckoning it runs between the Geneva … [Read more...]
A Monday in Geneva
I moved to Geneva on a Saturday in January. I wasn’t supposed to begin work as the minister at Trinity Church on South Main for a week, except it was Martin Luther King weekend and the celebration was … [Read more...]
Wild Geese in the Clouds
The ceiling has hung low in the darkness of these mornings, shrouding the dawn in a blanket of clouds. Sunrise and moonrise have been hidden by winter gray padding the the skies while keeping the sun … [Read more...]
Moon Rise
Did you ever see the full moon rise? I can’t remember ever watching a moonrise before my neighbor, Jill, told us about it last summer. Standing out on long pier on a clear evening, we oohed and aahed … [Read more...]
Happy New Year!
Remember when it was cold?
I am writing this on December 24th shortly after walking Rabia in four degrees with a minus-sixteen windchill. By the time you read this we’ll be peering into fifty degree weather. My first thought … [Read more...]
On the 25th…
Today is the fourth day of Chanukah and there are four days left until Christmas. It is the perfect occasion to mention how they are connected. The Gospel of John (10:22) makes a passing reference to … [Read more...]
The Music Found Me
The music found me. It fingered my nerves like ivories, hammers on the strings pulling my toes up and down. All the way up the music moved -- my head side to side, my heart a beat faster. I was … [Read more...]
The Circle Be Unbroken
A shout out to Allen! I hope I’m spelling his name correctly. He is my senior by a number of years, I am guessing, but he is still running...and running...and running. Every day in fact. You may … [Read more...]
In Celebration of the Herd
One party over, several more to go: Rohatsu (Bodhi Day) -- Buddhism Hanukkah -- Judaism The Unprecedented Martyrdoms -- Sikhism Winter Solstice -- Wicca and Paganism Christmas -- … [Read more...]
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