Now, more than ever: Come, Holy Spirit, and bring the unity, peace, and comfort that only you can. Amen.  

My band director introduced me to a trumpet player with an Air Force Band, and we set up private lessons. I’d been playing a few years and, being a trumpet player, was overly impressed with myself and my ability. Our first lesson was on breathing. I was getting my trumpet out of the case when…

We’re all in Recovery. From something. Or should be.  I believe that. For a large number of reasons.  The following is from a source I commend to you called The Addict’s Diary — Why do addicts use? What is it about the high that despite the consequences keeps us coming back for more? If you…

While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. — Luke 15:20 Read these lyrics, “Broken Coastline” by Down Like Silver, as a prayer — I’ve been driving a broken coastline Holding…

“There is no they,” insists Jeff Hoffman. He goes on — “They don’t help kids. They don’t fight injustice or racism. They don’t feed hungry people or help stop human trafficking. YOU do. WE do.” —- In what some call The Real Lord’s Prayer in John 17 (not to be confused with The Disciples’ Prayer…

“Missing you…missing y’all…missing us.” Sent that message last week to people in a couple of groups. We work together. But it’s more than that. We share the complexities of life together. All this technology literally at our fingertips is great. But it’s not the same. I miss them as individuals. I also miss them as…

Hayden Carruth is a real life friend from my Asbury days who recently wrote this amazing bit of both warning and wisdom. It’s with his graciously expressed permission that I share it with you here —  I’m thinking about something that has probably not fully formed in my mind, but seems important to me. Our…

Our holy and gracious God, help us to remember. Help us to remember the sacrifices bravely made in which one has given life for another and for all. Help us to remember those that stand for us in the breach where there is trouble and in which conflict threatens to undo your good creation. Help…

There’s a lot about social media nobody told us. For example, telling somebody Happy Birthday online is quick and easy. Until you find yourself hovering over the Post or Send key. Wondering if that person’s still alive or not. And you’re engulfed in a tsunami of feelings and questions. My hope and prayer is that…

“Do you believe in the afterlife, Audrey?” “I think so.” “Well, you know what? I’ve had to learn the scientific explanation for just about everything: evolution, and genetics, and —” [interrupting] “So you don’t believe?” “No, I do. I really, really do.” “What? Because of science?” “No, because of what science can’t explain. It’s like…