It puzzles me how, on the one hand, we will spend thousands of dollars in neo-natal care to preserve the life of tiny infants born prematurely, some as small as one pound, and at the same time abort fetuses that are the identical size. It doesn’t make sense to me. Is one a baby and […]
Read MoreIt was a beautiful morning for a bike ride to Lime Lake, after early morning thunder storms took out the power. I had to skirt one fallen tree on the path, go under another, and pick my bike up over yet another to get to my destination, but the effort was worth it. I thought […]
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“A man’s reach must exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” Robert Browning states, reflecting on having a dream or vision, much like Psalm 72 – vision of a new social order. Psalm 72 What are you reaching for, hoping for, working for? Perhaps a world at peace? A better world for your children […]
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I had a minor hair crisis last week, forcing me to confront the question, do I go gray or go home. When I tried to schedule a hair appointment, my stylist didn’t have any openings for over two weeks. By then the gray stripe already forming down my part would be a roadway. No problem, […]
Read MoreHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas! Throughout the U.S. Christmas decorations are put away and people are returning to life as usual after the holidays. Yet, in the Catholic Church the decorations remain as we celebrate the Feast of Epiphany, or little Christmas, marking the coming of the magi to see Jesus. If you are […]
Read MoreHow I long for an endless summer of blue skies and warm days that invite you to go outside rather than huddle inside by the glow of the TV and other electronics! I’m experiencing my yearly end of summer slump as I think about all I didn’t do this summer. No trip to Mackinaw or […]
Read MoreHave you ever been in a situation where you have felt helpless before outside forces over which you have no control? If you don’t think you have, I would suggest you think again. All of us are subject to forces outside of our control. There are many that we may not be aware of, yet […]
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In response to God’s call for “no bull” in Psalm 50, we hear Psalm 51, the most well-known of the Penitential Psalms where the writer comes before God with a contrite heart and prays for the removal of personal and social sin, a psalm commonly associated with Lent. Attributed to King David after being confronted […]
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I love the way words spoken thousands of years ago are still relevant today, sometimes in ways that surprise. In Psalm 50, God is speaking to his people. God comes as a thundering judge to testify against the people, “Our God comes, he does not keep silence, before him is a devouring fire, round about […]
Read MoreEpilogue – For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Doxology – Walter Brueggemann at a recent conference exclaimed that doxology needs to be exuberant, a self-abandonment in response to the inexplicable generosity of God. Easter certainly is a time for doxology, exuberant praise of God for all God has […]
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