There are many kinds of walls we can construct. Between nations to keep people out, or keep people in. Within families due to disagreements over politics, inheritances, divorce, or really just about anything however big or small. Walls protect us, shield us, but can also keep us enclosed in our own denial or too- safe… Read More The Wall of Enabling, Part 1
Though I’m not well versed on the process of a caterpillar/ butterfly emerging from a chrysalis, I am fascinated by it. And all of us can agree on the beauty of the butterfly no matter the means of development. But recently I have been thinking again of how much the formation of our lives is… Read More Don’t Mess With the Mush: Life in a Chrysalis
To be recognized as an ‘elder’ is an admirable thing. It is not just about age, though often that is the most common usage. Being an elder is to be someone who others trust in, someone who brings safety and security. Elders are needed in every society, in every organization and culture. I will be… Read More The Danger of ‘Elders for Life’
What is the condition of your ‘heart’ starting 2024? For me, my actual physical heart needed a check. In 2021 during a year long struggle with ‘long covid’, my doctor recommended I do an echocardiogram. This was the first time in my life for that, and as the test went on and the technician looked… Read More What is the condition of your ‘heart’ starting 2024?
A phrase has been coming to my mind for 2024 as this year draws rapidly to an end: Stay in your lane. It may just be advice for me, but perhaps it might resonate for you. Most of us have experienced the irritation or even terror of being behind or near or opposite another driver… Read More Stay in your lane in 2024
A few weeks ago, I reached the age of 64. And of course the obvious song that goes with that milestone is the Beatles hit, ‘Will you still need me, when I’m 64?’ I had heard it first when I was eight years old, when it was released on the Yellow Submarine album in 1967.… Read More ‘Will you still need me, when I’m 64?’
I made a new ‘friend’ last year. A beautiful black Australian swan with a red beak. This last couple of weeks I have seen him again by a pond near where we are staying. I don’t have a name for my friend yet, yet already I have learned things and been comforted by his presence… Read More Who accompanies you on your journey of life and death?
It was a stark image two days ago in Cincinnati, Ohio. A whole football team on their knees praying, surrounding a gravely injured teammate. A stadium of 60,000 fans silent, many most likely also in prayer for this 24 year old Buffalo Bills player named Damar Hamlin. He had experienced a cardiac arrest after tackling… Read More Every Life Important: 2023 Begins
It has been several weeks since I last wrote a blog post, primarily due to a post-covid intense season of travel and ministry. But even during this period, a question has been nagging me (as questions often do): When is empathetic listening not enough? Not just any kind of listening, but a quality of listening… Read More When is empathetic listening not enough?
There are a lot of circumstances and people that can cause us to be a ‘victim’, some real and some imagined within our own minds. This post is not to make light of the kinds of traumas that can happen to us, but to suggest the importance of living in a way of increased freedom… Read More A ‘steward of our own brokenness’ or ‘playing the victim’?
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