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A Time to be Vulnerable

I am no longer pastoring a flock. Or perhaps my flock is now a very different sort. But I feel much the same as I did when I first wrote this, and thought I’d share it again here. I feel like I am in the eye of a hurricane. Have you ever experienced a hurricane?…

Weary

As I sit with my hot cupa mint tea, trying to get over the flu, I realize just how weary I am. It has also become acutely obvious to me just how weary our world has become. How exhausting it is to witness this mise-en-scene of polarization. The precious time wasted on the media treadmill of…

Give Way

Driving in the UK, I’ve frequently seen the “Give Way” sign. It indicates that you are to allow someone or something to be or go first. It is equivalent to the “Yield” sign, in the US. Encountering “Yield” signs, I’ve often thought, “I don’t have to stop, just check to be sure no one is…

Thin Places

A thin place is wherever you are genuinely open to encountering the ineffable Mystery. Sometimes, when our lives get too cluttered, we have to travel great distances to find a thin place. Thin places can also be in your own back yard. A thin place is where your mind can rest and your soul can…

Artistic Expressions

Sometimes I see something that screams out, “Paint me!” This was one of those times. This image cracks me up! As I painted this, I thought about all the Hebridean sheep I encountered on my trip to Scotland. I was told by a crofter that “sheep are crazy! Every day they wake up trying to…