These seem to be times given to fear. Fear simmers underneath our consciousness and it has become the great unseen hand behind the events of the day.Fear has made us vulnerable because it tears us apart inside, sunders the bonds that hold person to person, and makes us vulnerable to manipulation by those who desire … Continue reading On the Power of Fear…

Its a little after 10 in the evening and Great Compline is done. The challenge of Lent is upon us and the joyous struggle has begun.The services are familiar and it takes just a little time to return to the ancient rythms. Life outside of the church door stops for a while and we are … Continue reading Compline et al…

Overheard a comment yesterday about how old fashioned it was to give up something for Lent.Perhaps it is but I don't understand it. The older I get the more I see why I have to have Lent and not just the modern "add a few nice deeds to your life for a month" kind, but … Continue reading On Lent and the meaning of it all…

Surely there is a bit of vanity in having a blog and thinking that somehow what you have to say may matter to someone somewhere.But these are crazy times, times I could not have imagined growing up in the middle of Wisconsin. We all wanted to be Packers then and life had it complications but … Continue reading A Bit of Vanity in Crazy Times…