Psalm 132:3-5 “I will not enter my house or get into my bed; I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.” (NRSV) David’s search for a place for the home for God is… Read More »

From Holy Scripture: Philippians 4:6: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Some things are deeply imprinted in our memories and hearts.  Some of these experiences are treasured and deeply imprinted so deeply within our being that our character and way… Read More »

In John 18 Jesus says to Pilate some words that are straight talk, mattering truth, and revealing wisdom.  “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth.” To which Pilate responded, “What is truth?” Straight talk:  what occurs between… Read More »

Psalm 16 excerpts:  Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge….you hold my lot…You show me the path of life.  In your presence there is fullness of joy… The flow of life’s spiritual stream is within and between each of us.  All things upon which we depend are all changing.  The season of… Read More »

Being fully alive means we are rooted in our shared unfathomable resource within us all – a loving fullness of our Sacred Source.  Hoard Thurman’s insights are an invitation to give back to God all that God has given to us- LIFE!!! With every breath, step, encounter, remembrance, and feeling we can honor this gift… Read More »

Mark 12:34 “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” Regardless of whether you know it or not, how you are living, and how your loving- regardless- God’s Way of living is not far from you – EVER!! This relationship becomes apparent the instant we open our hearts to a certain WAY of living.… Read More »

Dreams and hopes for our shared lives on this planet are part of the vital fire of God’s blessed gift of life.   There’s beauty in our dreams and hopes that can’t be fully appreciated until we are transformed in its presence.  Our mothers and fathers of our human family dwelt in the “new-made fields… Read More »

So many threads and connections composing our lives!  We’re like the sailing ships of old!  Lines connecting us all to everything.  Here’s an old 1956 calendar in a shed at our family lake home way up on Lake Superior’s northern rocky craggy shores.  Hovland, MN was a fishing community (until there were no more large… Read More »

  An artist Bryan Hansel on his website shares a summary of why he is an artist, “I’m me, so I art.” Beauty and imaginative moments of viewing/experiencing some aspect of life revealing, challenging, disturbing, blessing, or arresting us can be taken as an instant of art doing its thing of re-presenting to us life… Read More »

  Something in disharmony is in conflict.  Someone in disharmony is conflicted.  We hear a sound or see the flash of a shadow and our minds race to define what “it” is.  Experiencing life’s stuff in various social encounters  combines with our need to interpret intentions and motives of others.  We assume our shared world… Read More »