Finding Life
Verna Dozier, an early member in the Church of the Saviour, wrote that the green hill outside of Jerusalem existed in God’s heart long before Jesus was born. It is important to continue to ponder that statement and that hill, perhaps especially during Lent. That green hill is the place of agonizing surrender. It is […]
Love is All You Need
How many songs, poems, books, speeches, and articles have been about the search for love? While reading this week’s very familiar gospel passage*, a Beatles songs came to mind, All you need is love …. It’s the central message of wisdom traditions, advice columns, self-help books, fashion tips, movies, soap operas and ad campaigns. Life […]
Cleansing our Mindset
How do your faith and actions intersect with what is going on around you and the world? I see such an enormity of corruption, exploitation, greed, lies, war, and disregard for life, and I am profoundly sad – and angry. A lot of people today are angry – those misusing power and those being abused […]
The Alchemy of Fire
Standing in a grove of Douglas fir trees in Southern Oregon, an elder told me how pine cones open up during a wildfire, releasing the seeds of promise in the strangest of times. Without fire, it won’t happen. The heat that’s generated from a passing fire is the only thing that will do. Once the fire burns […]
