Hitchhiker’s bLOG (Revisited) – 2021.06.08

Lobster and Cat (Originally Published 2019.04.30) Several years ago, I visited the Guggenheim Museum and came across a painting that absolutely captivated me: Lobster and Cat by Pablo Picasso. This painting, completed in 1965, reveals the artist’s sense of humor as he depicts aggression provoking fear. Here is what I see; A clash of two worlds. Look […]

Do You Need Something to Read this Summer? (2021.06.05)

Gang, don’t forget that there is a page on SearchingFor42.net that shows you what I am reading. So if you need something to read while your toes are in the water and your butt’s in the sand… Enjoy!!

Something to Think About – 2021.06.04

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. 1 Chronicles 29:11 Can you imagine if you substituted “O Lord” with […]

Hitchhiker’s bLOG (Revisited) – 2021.06.01

“I AM” (Originally Published 2019.04.24) In the news recently, scientists revealed the first pictures of a black hole. It is wonderful and strange and beautiful. So this got me thinking; Is it correct to call it a “black hole?” By definition, a black hole is no hole at all; it is a very compact mass […]

A Time to Celebrate – 2021.05.30

On 2019.04.07, I launched SearchingFor42.net. My original intent was to get into the habit of consistently writing a bLOG so that when I went on my Clergy Leave (Sabbatical) in 2021.01, I could chronicle my journey in Israel, Athens, and Germany. That trip never happened because of the pandemic. Thank you, COVID-19! When you look […]

Something to Think About – 2021.05.28

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Romans 12:15 Sometimes I think that we overcomplicate faith. Over a couple of thousand years, faithful people have parsed every word of scripture and looked around every nook and cranny of theology and doctrine. We have divided the Christian landscape with schism and occasionally violence. […]

Hitchhiker’s bLOG – 2021.05.25

We are climbing Jacob’s ladder, Soldiers of the cross. Jacob’s Ladder (verse 1) Memorial Day is Monday. Originally called Decorations Day, Memorial Day (not to be confused with Veteran’s Day) was established as a federal holiday in the United States in 1868 to honor and mourn all who have died in the performance of their […]