The man woke up… sat on the edge of his bed… and scratched his head. “Wow!” he said, to no one in particular. “That was a strange dream. Wonder what it means?” The man then went through the motions of… Continue reading

I have a new bike! Actually it is a second-hand bike I bought from a friend. But it is new to me so I am calling it new. And since I have now been out on my new bike a… Continue reading

To tell you, “I am not a fan of messes” and leave it there would be to willfully mislead you. I can’t stand messes. I deplore them. In fact, when it comes to things being dirty, out of place, unkempt,… Continue reading

Have you ever been unemployed and then spent months sending countless resumes out into the ozone? Have you ever gone to the doctor for a test on a strange bump, lump, or mole? Have you ever anxiously paced the floor… Continue reading

You’ve heard of a car show. But what about a “scar show”? I became involved with one of these a couple of weeks ago. The occasion was a visit back to see my siblings and parents in the Pacific Northwest.… Continue reading

In September, 2010 I had the privilege of traveling to Haiti with a team of missioners from the same local church where I served. We were there to make a small contribution to the clean-up effort following the devastating magnitude… Continue reading

“Cast all your anxiety on [God] because He cares for you.”             – 1 Peter 5:7, NRSV What does that mean exactly? And maybe more tellingly, what does it mean that I regularly turn up as the guy who forgets… Continue reading

As Edwin Friedman first reminded us, anxious times bring with them an overpowering need for certainty. And the times have rarely been more anxious for the United Methodist Church than they are right now. For starters, this denomination is experiencing… Continue reading

I am not a delegate to the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, which begins on Tuesday, May 10. I will, however, be in Portland, Oregon coincidentally visiting family at that time. And so I am planning to take… Continue reading