For 7 days I was up no later than 6:30 am and back to my hotel room by 11:00 pm, sometimes later. Always, there was another hour or so of work to do before I could lay down my head. One of the reasons I almost said “no” to the
Continue readingIt’s about time. There are already some who are shaking their heads and clucking their tongues that it’s the beginning of the end of “real” Christianity. But I say, it’s about time. The Claremont School of Theology (my alma mater – to note by bias), has made public its plan
Continue readingIt’s Okay to say “I’m Sorry” Some of you may remember the “Love is” comic strip. It still appears in newspapers. One of the most famous captions was “Love is…never having to say you’re sorry.” The truth is “Love is…being ready and willing to say you’re sorry.” Apologies for slights
Continue readingDirt – Part Two Compost has become dear to me as of late. We purchased a kitchen compost container last summer. Mike’s grandma had one; it was a plastic bucket on the sink. She’d throw kitchen scraps (non-meat stuff) over the hill. The plum tree on that hill was extraordinarily
Continue readingIt is called “Dirt: The Movie”. Yes, the movie and we watched it. Yes, for fun. The movie is an entertaining look at dirt. Dirt is the skin of our planet. Like our own skin it is a living, breathing piece of the planet. Like our own skin it protects.
Continue readingEver since the church became alligned with the power of Rome (Holy Roman Empire), salvation in the Christian tradition has required a sacrifice: namely Jesus’. While one can interpret scripture to confirm this, there are also passages in the Bible that affirm a different reality. I am thinking of a
Continue readingWe are born to learn. From the time we are born, we are hungry to learn about our surroundings in order to get our needs met. Young children are hungry to learn to communicate their needs and so acquire language. We learn to read from pictures, then words in order
Continue readingIf you have a busy life, you know how difficult it can be when something upsets the apple cart of your schedule, your list of things that need doing. It can be impossible to “take life as it comes”. For those of us who are trying to make a positive
Continue readingA year ago, a series of house meetings were held to take the pulse of the congregation. Three things came out of those meetings as important actions for us to take as a community of faith. The wheels of an institution do turn slowly, but thankfully they turn and we
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