…and now I’m making time to write it down.
When I read on Saturday that President Bush had vetoed the anti-torture bill passed by Congress, I about blew a gasket. Here’s the thing: we can disagree politically, we can disagree about what’s best to do in a world of terrorism. We can all be followers of […]

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I had plans to blog this weekend. I really did. But I am fighting illness, and my plans have been shelved. Maybe later this week!

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We’re having a stunningly beautiful day today. I grabbed the camera and played with the new close-up toys, the extension tubes.

You can see a few more, if interested, at my Flickr stream.

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It seems like the campaign for president has been going on forever. Today, I finally made up my mind. I decided I’m ready for a woman president. I’m not even bothered that this means she would follow her husband in that role. She is bright, articulate, and a lawyer in her own right.
But I […]

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Maybe grace is a little like this…
I turn 40 in a couple of months, and I set a crazy goal of running 40 laps–10 miles–on the big day. So I’ve been training, running 4 times a week. I’ve been running a loop that I thought was 4 miles. Tonight I took my GPS, and I […]

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Wednesday was one of those days that reminds me why I could write, “I love what I do!” on Monday.
I got to speak in a Political Science class at George Fox University about how I face separation of church and state issues. Clint, Professor Baldwin, invited me…and then took me to coffee afterward, where we […]

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I just finished reading the biography of Thomas Kelly, written by his son Richard. My friend Steve gave it to me; Kelly’s Testament of Devotion has been a favorite of mine for a long time, and Steve has loved The Eternal Promise. Kelly has an ability to give voice to what’s beyond words, that true […]

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On Monday, I visited someone in the hospital; only, instead of it being the Newberg Hospital, it was about 45 minutes away. It just so happens that this hospital is in my old neck of the woods, right where I went to high school. So when I finished the visit, I drove up Sunnyside Road […]

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Here’s something I haven’t said publicly for a very long time: I love what I do!
I’ve always loved how being a pastor gives me a unique invitation to walk alongside people through their joy and their pain. In just the last 48 hours, I’m thinking of 3 significant chances to speak hope into people’s lives, […]

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In worship on Sunday, I’ll be talking about communion. I’ve been reading things I haven’t read in awhile, like Barclay’s Apology and Jack Willcuts’ Why Friends are Friends and Elton Trueblood’s A People Called Quakers. I’ve read things I haven’t read before, in particular Thomas Kelly’s essay on symbolism in The Eternal Promise. Kelly has […]

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