It was early in my shift at the hospital where I work as a chaplain and I’d been paged to the intensive care unit. As I walked out of the elevator and made my way down the hallway to the… Read More ›
Theological Reflections
Theological reflections utilizing scripture, poetry, news stories, and other sources.
Lost in the Wilderness
I read the headline on my phone while still lying in bed: Geraldine Largay’s Wrong Turn: Death on the Appalachian Trail. As I scrolled through the article I wondered how it was possible for someone to get lost on this well-beaten path… Read More ›
Shelter In Place
Friday’s attack on the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs lasted for nearly five hours as the terrorist held first responders at bay after having killed two people in the clinic and then soon after, a police officer. Nine people… Read More ›
As God Sees
Seattle has long been a magnet for those who live on the margins of society. It’s a liberal prosperous city with a decent track record of caring for its citizens who are in need. The relatively temperate climate makes it… Read More ›
Behind the Notes
In a recent article in the New Yorker, Joan Acocella wrote, “As musicians, especially, will tell you, what they are doing up there is not meeting an agreed-upon goal but, rather, creating something new. Vladimir Horowitz (the great Russian-American classical… Read More ›
Hiding
What is the Universe calling you to do? Are you answering that call? If not, why not? The reason I ask these questions is because I need to be asking them of myself. My current circumstances are allowing me to… Read More ›
Be Healed
“Quit trying to figure everything out!” Why do I keep hearing this in my head? I don’t even remember who used to say this to me. A therapist perhaps? A teacher? Certainly more than one person. For the… Read More ›
In One Place
The importance of having a strong sense of community and an awareness of its benefits are well known to those who work for social justice and seek to build grassroots-based institutions that serve the wellbeing of the individuals… Read More ›
Waiting
In the late 1970’s I lived in a fifth floor walk-up railroad flat in a Hell’s Kitchen tenement at a time when the Irish mob still controlled much of that section of Manhattan and it was considered “undesirable” by the… Read More ›
Stranger Danger?
Sunday mornings I’m usually up by 6:30 and at my worktable finishing my sermon and pulling together whatever else is needed for that day’s service. I don’t have much of an appetite at that time of the morning so usually… Read More ›
