It takes four days for the impregnated cell to reach the uterus then multiply from one cell to eight, to a hundred. Two weeks more and those cells multiply and become layered in concentric circles … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas!
A Spirit of Community
First of all, Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, whichever is best for you! This is not Christmas 2020, thank goodness. The only reason it’s not is the widespread accessibility of vaccinations. … [Read more...]
Please don’t sit on it
When I was young I went to camp in southern Indiana. If you have only driven across the middle of the state on I-70 then you likely think the state is flat-on-flat cornfields. But the southern third … [Read more...]
This is not normal…
Now that we are safely bedded down between Thanksgiving and Christmas, not too close to either one to feel like a killjoy, allow me to share a fear with you. “Fear” may be a misnomer because I am not … [Read more...]
New World
Outside the plow is scrapping two inches of snow off the road. My sidewalk required shoveling this morning too. In short, winter has arrived in our small corner of the world. Preparing for winter … [Read more...]
Rabia and I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you. Just thank you. ”My work is loving the world...” Mary Oliver begins her poem, “Messenger.” It is worth looking up for a Thanksgiving reflection. There is too much “prosperity” … [Read more...]
To Get Attention
I once worked among fifty thousand students and twenty-five thousand faculty and staff on the campus of a major university. The church where I worked was the only non-university building on campus. … [Read more...]
Who do you think is the most afraid?
Who are the most fearful people in America? Can you guess? Let’s see if your instinct was correct. Just 3% of Americans own half the guns -- that little group owns 133 million guns. I know, that is … [Read more...]
Small Voices
It always comes back to this, as Mary Oliver wrote. Nature, the power of its voice. It was the grass that caught my eye, as does a twinkle of light in the dark. In the state park, just past the … [Read more...]
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