This is the view from my back deck today. We got hit with a major snow and ice storm the weekend before last. Over 50,000 people in my area lost power, including us. There are still people without power, and the weather report is we're going to experience sub-zero...
So I've been writing a bit about finding help, either through counseling, mentoring, spiritual direction or coaching. I've done all of them. Problem: money. I'm not a rich man. I have three kids who've been going to university, etcetera, and requiring our help. I am...
Many years ago my spiritual director encouraged me to go on a retreat she was putting on. Lisa and I both went. During the retreat we were asked to share one of our greatest fears. I was new in ministry, had undergone a profound spiritual crisis, found a Catholic nun...
Do you ever feel stuck? As we approach the New Year, perhaps you're asking yourself how you can move on. I know I do. I think this is a healthy desire. Here are the three steps to moving on: Determine where you are. Socrates said an unexamined life is a wasted life....
I remember my grandfather telling me that aboriginal peoples never wasted anything. When they killed an animal, every part of the animal was used for something. Skins for warmth. Meat for food. Fat for fuel. Bones for tools and weapons. Organs for medicine. Nothing...
So on the heels of my lap letter that I sent out Sunday, when someone asks me, "Do you believe in God?" I can't answer that question. It is the wrong question. For me, the statements "I believe in God" and "I don't believe in God" are both sides to the same...
Just the other day I was talking with someone who is very close to me who is president of an international ministry. I don't agree with much of his theology. But he really cares about people and pastors. He travels around the world serving churches and pastors to help...
I got up early this morning. As usual. I finished posting today's cartoon. The sun was just rising over the trees in my backyard so I went on my back deck and smoked my pipe as the sun rose. The sky was clear blue. No wind. Very still and peaceful and clean. So I...
Last night as I slept, my soul was guided back to the point of this current incarnation. Within the seemingly real-life images igniting my senses, the task was simple in theory: choose one of three paths to walk. The first path appeared before me as the young mother...
Ritual is okay. There are things I've done since I was a child that no longer have the same meaning they had since I was a child. For example, I used to LOVE animal cookies, and every time I ate one I really felt like I was at the zoo taking it all in. I love animals...
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