I feel another one of my manic reading periods coming on. I started reading the book As Is: Unearthing Commonplace Glory =by Krista Finch tonight.  I read about the first 50 pages and had to put it down.  Not because it was troubling or difficult to read or anything of the sort, but instead I [...]

Growing up, I cannot count the number of times that I rode my bike or walked by myself or with friends down to these three places: A drainage ditch about 10 houses down from my own (right in the middle of the picture between the 2 houses): A duckpond a bit further down: And then [...]

The last 24 hours here have been very special.  Early afternoon yesterday, a group of about forty people cirlced in front of PCW to pray for God’s blessing upon the mission experience most were heading out on (some of the forty were parents and friends) and then a group of about 15 gathered this morning [...]

The meditation for this morning was entitled A Prayer of Abandonment to God, written by Charles de Foucauld: Father, I abandon myself into Your hands. Do with me what You will, whatever You do, I will thank You, I am ready for all, I accept all. Let only Your will be done in me, as [...]

We gathered at 8a this morning to join together in Morning Prayer. The canticle for today was: Christ, as a light illumine and guide me. Christ, as a shield overshadow me. Christ under me; Christ over me; Christ beside me; on my left and my right. This day be within and without me, lowly and [...]

This week, we are focusing on the side of Jesus that I have called “The Pray-er”.  Its not the best statement grammatically, but it does represent the fact that prayer was a core part of Jesus life and ministry.  Nearly thirty times in the four Gospels, Jesus is spoken of as praying or going to [...]

Several weeks ago, I posted about my friend Jeff’s 3 year old son Ben and his battle with cancer.  I received word today that Ben died early this morning.  There are no words to express the grief that Jeff and his family feel this day.  I simply offer a prayer and a psalm to mark [...]

While tomorrow is not my first “official” Sunday as pastor at The Presbyterian Church of Wyoming, it is the first Sunday that my family and I will be attending since I was officially extended the call to this position back in early October.  In many ways, that seems like a lifetime ago and in other [...]