Behind the Notes

In an article about stage fright in the New Yorker magazine Joan Acocella writes, “As musicians, especially, will tell you, what … More

“I Don’t Want to Hate.”

In August of 2014 the nation awoke to the news of the death James Foley, the journalist who had been … More

What is the Universe calling you to do? Are you answering that call? If not? Why not? I ask these … More

“Quit trying to figure everything out!” Why do I keep hearing this in my head? I don’t even … More

The importance of having a strong sense of community and an awareness of its benefits is well known … More

In the late 1970’s I lived in a fifth floor walk-up railroad flat in a Hell’s Kitchen tenement at a … More

While pastoring a congregation, I’m usually up before sunrise on Sundays and at my desk finishing the morning’s sermon and … More

It’s not about me, yet it is about me. It isn’t about us, yet it is about us. “Say what?” … More

“Hello, Stephen. This is Dr. Kroll’s office. We just got a call from the hospital. The radiologist found a number … More

Even though it happened more than twenty years ago I remember it as though it were yesterday. It was a … More