Recall a seemingly graceless time when God showed up. My thoughts on what that’s about…
2 Those Who Mourn
As Grief Walks, Comfort Comes
On the promise of comfort after loss.
Sacred Grief, Holy Help
Normal grief is one thing, sacred grief another. The bereaved person’s sense of something more springs from a sound spiritual intuition.
Social Distancing, Bereft Extroversion, and the Minister’s Grief
For those who miss giving the caring touch
Good Mourning, Augustine: Lessons from Experience
Lessons on grief from one of history’s greatest teachers.
Overcoming Obstacles to Receiving and Responding to God’s Love
Open your heart to receive these two blessings.
Liminal Space: Grace Where Things Fall Apart
When God makes no sense in your story, you may find that you make more sense in God’s story.
Running Naked Into the Night
A disciple’s haunted memory from the garden of Gethsemane.
Drop Your Story, Let Go, and Grab a Mooring
On the turn you take from mourning to hope.
Sources of Light: My Contribution to Disciplines 2019
Inspiration from Upper Room Disciplines 2019 by a writer and reader.
Aliens in the Bible, Immigrants at the Border
A silver lining in our distress over the border crisis.
From Helplessness To Hope After the Parkland School Shooting
Something you can do about the violence.