I LOVE this world, in the kind of way that I believe the Bible tells us to love the world.  I love the intricate biosystems of the human...

The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy… but I have come that they might have life!  – Jesus the Christ Each untimely loss is tragic,...

Christ followers are exiles.  Accept it.  We always have been, always will be.  When Paul said “maranatha” in I Corinthians 16:22 he was...

The rest of our lives, it’s a different story, especially if we’ve been taught to love Jesus.   We’ve often learned that darkness is...

I understand that the literalists will have a problem with Rohr’s statement, but the point is essentially accurate:  Our divisions are...

Behavior needs to match mission, right? They did it “according to the book”.  With too many passengers and not enough seats, they asked...

Over 37 years, two stockings have become ten. JOY! It was in the late summer of 1976 when I first made my way north to Seattle,...

It was a low point for me in my seminary career. “If he’s right, I’m finished” I remember thinking to myself.  I’d later, in a...

Give, give, give, means that there can be only one response.  Receive, receive, receive.  We can’t earn the gift that is Christ.  We’ll...

During the days between now and Christmas, I want to share some reflections with you about the many gifts that are part of the One Gift...

Joyful Noise at Taproot Theater is not to be missed. I’ve been to lots of funerals, partly because I’m a pastor and partly because death...

Scientists are discovering that humans are also profound beneficiaries of the forest.  “Forsest Bathing”, which simply means to walk in a...

From “The Jesus Storybook Bible” by Sally Lloyd-Jones. Yesterday, in the church I lead, I spoke on the importance of reading the Bible on...

“snow on snow” (12 feet, or 4 meters for my Europe friends) as the Christmas carol says, the house was dark because the power had gone...

You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody me. Flare up like a flame and make big shadows I can move...

“Peace be to you” says Jesus, standing in the midst of the disciples, in a room with a locked door where he’s suddenly appeared without...

I’m sitting here on my weekly day of Sabbath, staring out the window at fir trees laden with wet, dripping life down onto the soil and...

In two weeks I’ll be home, preparing to meet people in the church I lead who I haven’t seen in nearly three months.  Their priceless gift...

It’s our last hike, the end of our forty days trekking through the Alps together.  I’ll begin teaching next week and thinking about...

We’re waiting for the cable car that will haul us up to the Douglass Hut, the base from which we’ll be hiking over a couple of passes to...