2026.03.07

I find myself struggling to process what is happening in our world today, and, more specifically, in our culture. I hear a cacophony of voices justifying and condemning the actions against Iran, and find myself trapped in ambivalence. In other words, I am numbed by the input from so many directions. In my reflections upon […]

2026.02.27

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18 In other words: Don’t just say you love, but mean it and put it into action! Easier said than done. I challenge you to try this as a Lenten devotional!

2026.02.22.02

God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend. For to the snow he says, “Fall on the earth…” Job 37:5-6a This morning the sun rose over a snow covered landscape of New Hampshire. We had 8 inches on Friday, but only expect 5 inches from the massive storm coming […]

2026.02.22

TOYIN’ Part 7 Just before Thanksgiving, I completed a course on Transitional Ministry. The final assignment was to create a Personal Ministry Declaration, a credo of sorts. We were given autonomy to use whatever methods to speak about the values we hold dear in our own walk in ministry. It should come as no surprise […]

2026.02.20

Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. Proverbs 17:9 In all these years, I honestly can not remember reading or reflecting on this verse. And it’s a tough one if you are not thinking it through in its context. The word “covers” is not meant to be a cover-up, […]

2026.02.17

Propitiation! In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 […]

2026.02.15

TOYIN’ Part 6 Just before Thanksgiving, I completed a course on Transitional Ministry. The final assignment was to create a Personal Ministry Declaration, a credo of sorts. We were given autonomy to use whatever methods to speak about the values we hold dear in our own walk in ministry. It should come as no surprise […]