He shared his story: “I was sitting in church and looked around at all of the banners that said alleluia. The songs of the liturgy all had alleluia. I heard the familiar, ‘Christ is Risen, Alleluia’ and heard the response, ‘Christ is risen, indeed. Alleluia!’”. But it was all dry and empty for me. Every […]
Right now I am in the process of retiring from something that I have done for 24 years and, in addition, preparing to move into something totally new. Ambiguity is the name of the game as things wind down in some parts of life before the new parts are ready to take wing. It is […]
Right now I spend half of my work life with young adults and half of my work life with senior adults. Serving as chaplain in both settings I am finding that both groups have a great deal in common and my response in each setting is to listen and to be present. I love both […]
Tim Hansel once wrote in his book, “Holy Sweat,” that if the devil can’t make you bad he’ll make you busy. I like this quote because it strongly points out the dangers of an overbusy life and the fact that if the devil can make us busy it distracts us from reflection upon what is […]
Why in the world is it so hard to bring about a change in behavior or attitude? Why do we keep making resolutions and never seem to keep them? I don’t remember who said it, but the quote goes, “The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same things expecting different results.” I want […]