Hiatus
[Each Sunday I will take a little Sabbath from prose and offer up an original poem. My first poem is a slight editing of a poem I wrote...
"We All Need Guidance in Life"
I heard on CNN today Pastor Marvin Winans of Detroit being interviewed about the life of Bobbi Kristina Houston, daughter of the late...
"God is in the Details"
People often say about the agreements we make in this world that "the devil is in the details." Maybe we should pay more attention to...
"Living Each Day Faithfully"
Lutherans live by salvation by grace through faith. To some extent that means that we "love God always, and do the best that we can."...
"I Can Do Anything I want to Do with My Life"
I recall many times during a "discussion" with a loving family member saying something like "I can do anything I want to do with my...
When did rest get to be a bad thing?
As a student of American history the Puritan (or Protestant) ethic was impressed upon me as basic to our country's foundation. In essence...
Faith and Leisure
During the past two months I have been "on a break" from my work in the ELCA Lutheran Church as an intentional interim minister. I knew...
