I was raised in the Baptist church and spent the first half of my young adult life in the Presbyterian church. In 1987, after my mother’s death, I became very disillusioned and walked away from the church. I decided that … Continue reading
Freedom To Be Known “The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.” John 10:3 A few weeks ago, I sat on my back porch … Continue reading
I’ve been spending some of my home time going through stacks of papers to play the perpetual game of sort and toss and came across a bunch of notes and flyers about various church retreats of the past few seasons. … Continue reading
What will we do with our memories? What will we do with the plans that haven’t happened? In the Charles Dickens story “Great Expectations,” Miss Havisham, now an old lady, still sits in her tattered wedding dress, stuck in the … Continue reading
Freedom to be joyful and sorrowful… It is Derby week in Louisville, usually a festive time of parties and parades and people-watching. But the COVID-19 pandemic had other plans for us. As I write these words for my beloved Highland … Continue reading
Christ is risen. Christ is risen, indeed. Three days. Stone rolled away. Mary at the tomb. That guy on the road to Emmaus. I have to know this stuff. I’m an ordained minister. It’s Easter time. Or is it Easter … Continue reading
What I miss the most during this pandemic, is not being able to play my trombone instrument with many of our surrounding community and church group bands. Music fulfills my soul and deepens my strength. I find many trombone groups in … Continue reading
Our children, born in the late 60s and early 70s, loved the music and stories on Free To Be You and Me—a recording (and later a TV special) which became part of our family’s canon well past the early childhood years. … Continue reading
Sleepless in Kentucky during Covid-19 O God, help me. Help me and others who are suffering and feel we can’t go on this way. Thank you for birdsong that awakens us each day, for the sun that rises and the … Continue reading
I am afraid of I am afraid of what I know and what I do not know. I know about germs; I’ve never seen any, but I am afraid of them. I have seen death, but I am not afraid … Continue reading