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The Ground and Sky of Being

So, what is it like between God and you? Some of us affirm a particular “for God so loved the world” to connect eternally with the Divine. What if it is not only possible but closer to reality to relate to God beyond belief, through the soil, the night sky…

God

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Inside the Cloud — A Neurons of Heaven Parable

The Neurons of Heaven are like…. Long ago and far away, my father awakes and cannot get out of bed. My mother brings my father soup made with peonies and dandelions. He will not even hold the cup; my father turns away. My sister, Elaino, comes to my father. She…

Families With Kids

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A Scattering Theory of God

Re-Imagining the Infinite — Some congregations risk re-imagining. Such an adventure prompts re-imagining God. Or perhaps it is the other way around. Re-imagining God leads to adventurous congregations. Many of us have difficulty comprehending the supernatural revelation of scripture and the transcendence of God. …

Faith

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·Oct 16, 2021

The Chevy

My first car was a 1965 Chevy Biscayne

Cars

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The Chevy

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·Jun 3, 2021

Reading Glasses

He hated reading glasses as if they were a disease with no cure, not even a possible treatment in a controlled study at John Hopkins

Sight

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Reading Glasses

Jan 29, 2021

Sadness is Not Depression — from The Neurons of Heaven

Sadness and depression are not the same. What credentials do I have to make this claim? None except experience. I am a melancholy sort. Give me a cloudy day, please. Sometimes the sun is too bright for my mood. I want to tell the sun, “Stop trying to make me happy.” Melancholy is generalized sorrow. Such an…

Depression

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·Dec 27, 2020

Who Has Helped You Grow?

Trail markers along the journey Below are trail markers of human development. How have you experienced relationships supporting your development in these aspects of character? …

Growth

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·Dec 27, 2020

Another Galaxy Away

My day begins with my father who will die in one hour “Do you want to go?” I couldn’t just say “no.” I had to hem and haw like he might have once with his father who had a meeting at the bank then, there I was running outside with our…

Death

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Another Galaxy Away

My day begins with my father
who will die in one hour

“Do you want to go?”
I couldn’t just say “no.”

I had to hem and haw
like he might have once

with his father
who had a meeting at the bank

then, there I was running
outside with our…

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·Dec 20, 2020

Anger is a Mystical Warning

Something is Awry I’m with a married couple. They sit on the plaid couch in my office. I am their pastor. “Would two weeks from Sunday work?” The husband and wife are planning a party to celebrate their 40th anniversary. They want it at the church. He says, “We’d like…

Anger

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