Greetings, Friends! Tuesday is Election Day. I don’t know about you but I am getting pretty tired of all the ads and commercials. There’s so much negativity and empty campaign promises spouted by too many of the candidates and their spokespeople. I long for the day when I might feel that we are moving in … Continue reading Your Voice, Your Vote
Nuts and Bolts Blog – October 29, 2018 Greetings, Friends – What a wonderful time was had by all at our 184th Convention of the Diocese of Michigan – Fire of Renewal: Being and Becoming God’s Beloved!! From the movie “I Am,” to the workshop “The Way of Love,” to presentations from our campus ministries, … Continue reading But the Greatest of These Is Love
Greetings, Friends!! Last week I became aware of some startling and disturbing statistics: there were over 44,000 deaths by suicide in the US in 2015 and, of these, over 22,000 were committed by veterans. In fact, there is an average of 20 veteran deaths by suicide every day and of these 20, only 6 of … Continue reading Suicide Prevention and The Faith Community
Greetings, Friends! This morning as I was driving to church, I was listening to NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday when I heard the story of the MacArthur Fellow, Vijay Gupta, a violist from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In the interview, Gupta shared his passion for playing music and his passion for sharing the gift of music … Continue reading Vote Faithfully
Greetings, Friends! I’m afraid that I am writing with a heavy heart this week. In just minutes, the Senate will vote whether or not to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as our next Supreme Court justice. Even though you will know the outcome of that vote by the time you read this blog, there are some thoughts … Continue reading The Doctrine of Discovery
Greetings, friends! This has been a tough news week. I’m almost tempted to leave it at that for today. I’m weary and touchy from trying to follow all of the discussions surrounding Judge Kavanaugh’s potential confirmation to the Supreme Court. On the one hand, I’d love to just hide away because I find this all … Continue reading Seeking Justice, Seeking Christ
Greetings, Friends! So much of my life is spent around students that it’s hard not to bring these experiences into the blog at times. This week, as I was working on preparing Bible study for my group at the Onsted Senior Center, a student came to my door because he noticed a poster I have … Continue reading You only leave home when home won’t let you stay
