Spring was cancer season for friends. (You might want to cancel friendship with us.) When Kosmo (Carol Kosmicke) began to experience little seizures and…
The Joy of Bees
A long time ago when our children were young and we lived in Albuquerque, Denis traveled a lot. The reason I mention he traveled…
Bird Feeders
A few months back a young couple spent a weekend with us at Toad Hall. Scott had graciously come to help us plaster and…
Homosexuality: Speaking the Truth in Love
Community / Creation / Family / Hospitality / Pluralistic World / Spirituality
There are few issues that have generated more political heat and extreme rhetoric, more anger and hatred, confusion and pain, than the issue of…
Eating the Easter Bunny
Creation / Maturity and Flourishing / Work and Rest
You know, there’s a reason why they call those free range, organic chicken breasts in the super market “Smart Brand.” As opposed to raising…
A Stick Becomes the Staff of God: Reflections on Faithfulness in the Ordinary & the Routine
Creation / Faith / Scripture / Spirituality
The seven sons of Sceva, we're told in Acts 19, attempted an exorcism only to be cast out themselves. Impressed with the Holy Spirit's…