when I feel the urge to hide from the whole world and my imagination creates a mythical place far from everywhere, a place of peace and immeasurable quiet. And, for a moment, that "happy place," which for me looks like a cabin by a small river at the edge of a woods, can be at … Continue reading There are times…

I want things to happen too quickly. Good things, for sure, but at too fast a pace. What difference would it make if even the very best happened but there was no love, no time to reflect, no humility and awe at things eternal? Rushed for the sake of rushed is still rushed, and incomplete, … Continue reading Too Fast…

He was younger than I was, late 20's, early 30's. At least it seemed that way. A vivacious personality, quick with a joke, sarcastic in a funny way. Too young, though, it would seem, to be in a nursing home. Decades ago, as a young Chaplain, I was part of the team that spearheaded a … Continue reading I remember Russell…

go back I think I'd only wish to change the times I did hurtful things to others or said unkind words. Everything else could stay the same. The difficulty with that, of course, is the impossibility of it happening. Hard things done and hurtful words said are released into lives and can never truly be … Continue reading If I could…

Walking down the street tonight on a cool, late spring, evening, a Facebook post from an acquaintance sending me down memory lane. The post was a church somewhere in northern MInnesota, a building plain inside and faux log cabin without. There were musicians with guitars and people singing and it called to mind a simpler … Continue reading Simplicity…