{podcast_episode 204}

Deeply spiritual. Hungry for connection. Longing for ways to be of use – especially in the midst of such chaos… Isaiah responds eagerly to the call. “Here am I!” he says. “Send me!” This despite just having had seraphim – angels of the Lord … read more.

{podcast_episode 202}

{podcast_episode 201}

The bird pulled on the mouse who pulled on the cat who pulled on the dog who dog pulled on the girl who pulled on the boy who pulled on the wife who pulled on the farmer who pulled and pulled and pulled on … read more.

Reflection

 (From the Rev. Dr. Jim Nelson, who serves my home congregation in Pasadena, CA.)

“A woman in a congregation I served asked to come talk with me. When she arrived, she appeared nervous. I asked her what was going on, and she began to cry. She … read more.

{podcast_episode 195}

I wanted him dead. Throwing him off my second story porch would have been too good for him. I wanted to kill him. And not just that. I wanted to kill all his relatives too.

It was, admittedly, a very drastic response. Reflexive. Sudden. And … read more.

{podcast_episode 194}

‘…That monstrous universal sense of having no place wherein we fit.’ How powerful is such a place? How powerful is that yearning for attention, acceptance, affirmation, affection… love? Powerful enough it would convinced Matthew Sheppard to take the risks he took when he went … read more.

{podcast_episode 191}

{podcast_episode 190}

O Star . . .
O Star . . .

That’s how the poem begins. I’ve been hearing it ring in my head for the past several days.

Choose something like a star . . .
O Star . . .
Say … read more.

{podcast_episode 189}