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As I was walking around the bin, I could see an array of green trees, peppered with yellow and sprinkled with red leaves turning for the season. A stunning view of God’s love on display for my morning walk. But it didn’t stop there, above the tree tops was the lazy...

Most of the time, I like the idea of love, the notion of love, love in the abstract, more than I actually love.  But love, and the idea of love, are not the same thing.  The idea of love allows me to stand at a distance from whatever I’m seeking to love.  I can think...

Silent nightHoly nightAll is calmAll is bright Nothing tests you or your relationship quite like the first 10 days with a newborn baby. As a new mother, you’re in an unfamiliar, healing body; you’re responsible for keeping alive a complete stranger with no survival...

“The God, who is greater than God, has only one thing on Her mind, and that is to drop, endlessly, rose petals on our heads. Behold the One who can’t take His eyes off of you.” -Fr Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion Love is...

Joyful singing we are bringing to the Child, Emmanuel!See the Holy Infant Lowly who came down to earth to dwell!Lift a song in jubilation, join with us in celebration!Now the star shines high above; He’s the King of Peace and Love!Dona Nobis Pacem Today we begin to...

I have always envisioned life as a movement through seasons, which makes the seasons of Spring and Summer easy, because everything is bright and beautiful, and you can see the change and growth. Fall and Winter however, have always been my two least favorite seasons....

In Isaiah 11:1–10, we get this amazing example of peace from the animals that would normally be enemies but they are able to put aside their differences and hangout with each other, especially when the little kid is leading them along. It shows that there is a calm,...

My family and I went camping at the Buffalo National River this fall.  I really enjoy being outside and the idea of sleeping in a tent, swimming, and hiking are my favorite parts of camping.  This trip, my dad had the idea of stargazing on the banks of the river.  At...

Peace is hard to find nowadays. Everywhere I look there’s conflict and violence and unrest. I look on the internet and see news articles and hate speech and broods of vipers and chaff. But then I look up, and I see all the peace lying around, waiting to be realized....

During Advent this season, the choir is doing a piece called ‘Waiting’. Waiting, we are waiting, Lord.  Fill the mind, ‘til we find your light, your truth.Listening, we are listening, Lord. Draw near, let us hear your word for us.Now let us know your presence, Lord,...

“What fresh hell is this?” Every morning I groan as I succumb to the temptation to look at my phone first thing: 37 marketing emails; 122 new Reels and TikToks sent in the early hours by insomniac friends doomscrolling through their anxiety; Fitbit reminding me I...

Hope is just a small word.  What does it mean? In the dictionary hope is defined as desire accompanied by expectations of or belief in fulfillment.  That’s a mouthful.  To me it is waiting for something joyful that will occur in the future.  A wedding, a new baby, a...

One of my favorite stories in the Old Testament is when the snakes enter the camp of the Hebrew people. The bite of the snake results in death (Num 21:6-9). Before you get to that part of the story though one has to realize that the Hebrew people had been complaining,...

This Sunday the choir sings, I Wonder as I Wander, a mysterious weaving of “poor orn’ry people like you and like me” with our “stone hearts,” reaching toward the aching hope of the “light of heaven,” Emmanuel. This arrangement’s dissonant and ethereal tones echo the...

This Sunday the choir sings, I Wonder as I Wander, a mysterious weaving of “poor orn’ry people like you and like me” with our “stone hearts,” reaching toward the aching hope of the “light of heaven,” Emmanuel. This arrangement’s dissonant and ethereal tones echo the...