My guess is that the vast majority of us (if not absolutely every last one of us) would like to be free-thinkers, unswayed by specious reasoning, unhooked by emotional appeals, stalwart in the face of manipulation, not given to ‘ant mind.’ My second guess is that the vast majority of us (if not absolutely every …
Someone recently remarked – with what sounded like a good deal of irritation – that the little slips of paper in fortune cookies are no longer fortunes, they are aphorisms. Personally, I hadn’t noticed because I am still carrying the fortune (not aphorism) I received five years ago that promises, ‘You will receive some prestigious …
I spent just over two decades as a parish minister. It was work that brought out the best in me, that forced me to ask more questions, live with more ambiguity, dive a little deeper, reach a little further, love a little more than I might otherwise have done. Those two decades were harder and …
Think for a moment about the photos you throw away…versus the ones you put in a photo album, or reprint as your annual holiday card, or frame and hang on your wall. I’ve been going through photos this week. Our daughter needs some for a project she is doing with me. My computer wallpaper needs …
Spoiler Alert: On Wednesday, I was feeling tender and pastoral and the blog that day reflected that. Today I am cranky and channeling one of the Hebrew prophets…so read further at your own risk. I would like to suggest in the strongest possible terms without actually resorting to profanity that any- and everyone of us …
I didn’t write a blog for 5 August when we were traveling; this is for both weeks. (I don’t want you to think you missed anything.) Last Wednesday, my husband and I returned to our home in Denver almost four months to the day after we left for his sabbatical. The same wonderful friend who …
The full moon last night was a Blue Moon (as in the phrase ‘once in a blue moon’). I have used that expression since I first heard it from my grandmother when I was a little girl and I even know what it means. It is the second full moon in a calendar month. Well, …