Rabia is sulking, maybe even depressed. My wife and I went on vacation and placed Rabia in “Dog Camp.” By all accounts it is a very nice place to be if you are a dog or cat. She was well fed, … [Read more...]
Shrinking
For those who might be concerned, this photo is of a fake shrunken head at "Wizarding World of Harry Potter" in Florida The life of the mind seems to be getting smaller as the pandemic throbs on. … [Read more...]
Almostness
Enduring the pandemic is like living in a tunnel - we can look behind us and remember how things were, and we can look to the light ahead but have no idea how long it will take or how hard it will be … [Read more...]
What I will miss…
We are arrested by this pandemic and hardly able to see beyond it. Even so, I have been thinking about what I will miss from these months when we can finally look back at them through the rear view … [Read more...]
Preaching Palm Sunday in a Pandemic
This sermons appears in a video format on the subversivepreacher FaceBook page. All I have to say, is this is a really inconvenient time for Palm Sunday and Holy Week. I mean, who wants … [Read more...]
Naming the stranger at the table
I suddenly recognized a face I couldn’t quite put my finger on (this is a metaphor, by the way). My congregation has been having a Sunday morning coffee hour via Zoom, and this past week someone … [Read more...]