After you’ve stocked up on toilet paper, soap, Campbell Soup, and plenty of wine, take a deep breath and talk to God. Ask him/her the questions you’ve always wanted to ask and listen quietly for the answers. They may not all come at once, but in the silence you’d be surprised what you hear. I…
Month: March 2020
Fears Of the Unseen
We are two weeks into Lent, but it is difficult to focus on service, sacrifice, worship, and prayer/meditation with our lives being turned upside down by fears of the unseen — a virus. Especially service and worship are affected by what every doctor assures me will continue to spread, although its severity may not be…
Travels With Charlie
I lost a dear friend this weekend. Over the past few years, Charlie’s heart outgrew his body’s capacity to care for it, and his kind and loving thoughts for his wife Carolyn and his friends and family took over his brain’s memory. We were unlikely friends. When we first started practicing law together he was…
The Nature of God
Lent is the perfect time to consider the nature of God. I used to think it was simple. The Old Testament gave us the impression of an all powerful, vengeful, and angry God, and then God sent us Jesus to say, “You got me all wrong. I am all about love.” I suspect it is…
The Simplest Of Things
For almost ten years I do the simplest of things once a week, every week. I can’t tell you how happy it makes me and how therapeutic it is. For you see, almost ten years ago I was given two gifts — one was very complicated and super expensive, the other was simple and free.…