Coffee, COVID, and Christmas
A banging noise woke me up at 4 AM and, after laying wide-awake in bed for 30 minutes, I decided to get up to make coffee. I turned on our electric kettle, Placed a cone filter in my plastic pour-over…
An Unusual Advent Meditation
“The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel…
Salaam
Once again, I am filled with so many thoughts and ideas that I want to put into words. Music often expresses these emotions and deep struggles so much better than words. In our efforts to plan for multilingual worship, Chris…
A Visit With Mom: Dementia
My mom has dementia. On the cottage deck, she sits quietly and pleasantly. I play Amazing Grace on my guitar and sing too low because I forgot to bring my capo. However, that makes it easier for her to add…
COVID-19 & The Gospel Dance
Nothing like this has ever happened before. Never in our history, has the world been so interconnected… and therefore negatively impacted all at the same time.
Tangles Walk in the Woods: Part 5
Between carrying extra water and increasing lower back pain, I was reconsidering if I had what it took to continue on the trail. I knew I wasn’t ready to go home to questions of “How are you doing? How is…
