Advent is a drama set in four acts. The first act is set in darkness, and we are drawn back […]

In a recent sermon I shared a story John Bell relates in his new book, “Living with the Psalms.” Rev. […]

Two years ago, on the occasion of what would have been his 100th birthday, “The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela” was published. Mandela, the man who would become President and Healer-in-Chief of South Africa, wrote hundreds of letters — to prison officials, family and friends – during his 27 years of confinement, from Nov. 7, 1962 to Feb. 11, 1990. The New York Times characterized the volume in five words: “Hope is a powerful weapon.” Read More…

My daughter Claire and I managed to escape the heat of the Valley (and isolation of our home) by pitching […]

Spirit, Spirit of gentleness, blow through the wilderness calling and free, Spirit, Spirit of restlessness, stir me from placidness, wind, […]