Deuteronomy 10:12-20 It is not uncommon for me to hear from you about the selection of hymns on a given Sunday morning, especially on Sundays where we celebrate a holiday, or on days of special importance because of a momentous event. Mindful of this (and by the way, I always appreciate feedback. I won't get…
June 28 — The Idea of Humanity
A week ago Friday, in the aftermath of the Iranian elections, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei preached an Orwellian sermon, to borrow David Brook's characterization of it, where he reiterated the total control the theocratic arm over the quasi democratic arm of the government. That control would be asserted by bloody crackdown upon the protesters who…
The Fear of Pan
I used to race sailboats on Wednesday evenings when I was a teenager. These Wednesday races were a rather mellow affair. Thirty or so boats on the water create a beautiful impression to the picnic-er on the shore, especially when the spinnakers go up on the downwind leg. The lake was big, but the sailing…
Growing up
We know very little about the early life of Jesus. Nothing was recorded in our gospels until this account we find in Luke. There are other stories recorded about Jesus, but they were never put in our gospels, probably because these later writings seemed to those early church fathers who set the gospels to go…
Green on Red – Pentecost Ecology
A man whispered, “God speak to me!” and a white throated sparrow sang her northland plaint. But the man didn’t hear. So the man called out, “God speak to me!” and thunder rolled across the sky. But the man didn’t listen. The man looked around and said, “God let me see you!” and a star…