Gratitude is hard to learn, as any parent will tell you. Sometimes I hesitate before giving some treat to a child because I know…
Not retirement, but faithfulness
Recently people have asked if I’m retired. No, I say. In fact, I don’t believe in it. For one thing, I don’t golf. Tried…
Let’s hit the Pause button
One of the things I find myself constantly thinking about is how discerning, faithful Christians can bring a measure of grace into our fallen…
A New Normal
Margie and I have been talking recently about what we call our new normal. We’re aging, which is no surprise since we’ve been doing that…
How Do You Love God?
I recently reread St Augustine’s Confessions. And once again I am impressed by his uncompromising insistence that love is central to Christian faith and…
I Want to Live Here
“I want to live here.” That was Anita’s response to our week long stay at a cabin in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area –…
Final Words
As I wrote this post it happened to be during Holy Week. After a difficult few days when Denis' mother suffered a nosebleed that…
Summer – Not What You Thought
SUMMER and what you thought would be completely doable suddenly becomes Boot Camp for the unwary. Does this happen to you? You look at…
The Growth of Nones
It is an interesting exercise to ask friends what changes going on in our world seem to them to be most significant. The answers…
Ashes and Repentance
The association of ashes (or dust) with repentance has a long history. After Job, for example, encounters God, his response is to “repent in…