Good morning... "Horrific," one of you wrote after yesterday's post, My Piece In The Puzzle Of Poverty. "It is just absolutely horrific the pain and suffering of this world. I heard a really good sermon on Sunday about Luke 9:11-17 - we sin in solidarity and our salvation is in solidarity, and if we look at the world [...]
Good afternoon... Like me, you have probably seen yesterday's haunting image of the migrant dad with his toddler daughter tucked beneath his shirt, laying dead on the shore, after trying to swim to freedom in America. Tragic. Disturbing. Gut-Wrenching. But what can I do in Atlanta about this humanitarian crisis on our border? Then I watched America's Got [...]
Good morning... Wow. As on online community, we have experience the deep-wide fullness of real life this week, colorful highs amid painstaking lows. As we savor this Sabbath, revisiting past posts, please don't miss this video likely lost in our shuffle of mixed, meaningful emotions. Snuggle up with God in the sacred space at your center, and enjoy [...]
Good morning... God's timing astounds me. On June 17th at 2:09 pm, I received the email initiating yesterday's post, a post about a man in Jacksonville who was touched by our past post, as he grieved the loss of his nephew to a drug overdose. I am not kidding you. Less than two hours later, at 3:49 pm [...]
Good morning... "Hi Sue," she wrote this week. "Wanted to let you know that your recent post and poem has helped a friend of mine in Jacksonville. He lost both his brother-in-law and nephew in two separate drug overdoses in a three week period. So much sadness — thanks for all you do for so many." She proceeded [...]
Good morning... We all have founding fathers, generations of grandfathers, and some of us have beloved fathers at home in heaven, at home right now, feasting with our Heavenly Father as we celebrate this special day set aside for dads. Out of sight but in our minds, how will we celebrate the legacy of our loved ones this [...]
Good morning... "We have each come from a unique past, and the life surrounding us now is chocked full of potential," my sermon on Sunday continued God's encouragement. "Right now, at this very moment, one of my mentors in the faith, Richard Rohr, is talking candidly with Oprah Winfrey. 11:00 am Sunday, June 2nd. This very same moment, I [...]
Good morning... As each new season begins, it is important to consider, "Where have we been?" Looking back before moving forward allows us to keep our balance, our sense of stability, our essential equilibrium. So, as I stepped up to preach at the Log Cabin Church on Sunday, I began with these words. ****** We Come Home Together [...]
Good morning... The old wooden pews were nicely filled. After saying "Hello" to a handful of friendly, familiar faces, I was escorted to the front of the church, to a velvety antique chair just behind the pulpit. "Oh no," my heart sank. I thought I would be non-conspicuously sitting with the church family until it was my time [...]
Good morning... Last night I enjoyed a very special dinner. I slid into my seat with a private tableful of women, three I knew mildly, four I had never met. These longtime friends asked me to join them as they discussed how to help their teenage daughters process a time of deep loss and great grief. Another family [...]
