[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”dead rose – eulogy”]123rf.com[/featured-image] If you don’t know that a lot of famous people have been dying lately, you’re living under a rock. With all these people dying, I’ve been reading a lot of tweets and posts in memoriam. It got me to thinking about what I want to be said aboutContinue reading “My Eulogy”
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Sermon: Don’t Miss the Horizon
[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false”]123rf.com[/featured-image] This is the text of a sermon I preached on July 27, 2014. [Audio here] Good morning, nice to be with you again. Sorry I had to bail last week. As most of you know by now, a really, really important person in my life died 2 weeks ago this comingContinue reading “Sermon: Don’t Miss the Horizon”
The Universe Arcs Towards Grace
Through my recent posts on this blog, others who are suffering, some more deeply than I, have connected and sent me questions, looking for encouragement in their own struggles. The post below is a response I gave today to a woman with stage four cancer who wrote to ask, “how do you NOT give up?” Continue reading “The Universe Arcs Towards Grace”
Sick of Cancer
Have you ever been in that place where you seem to be surrounded with horrific things? As I write, two of my closest friends on the planet are fighting cancer. This morning I got word that an amazing young man with cancer, for whom I had done premarital counseling and then his wedding in 2010,Continue reading “Sick of Cancer”
Response to responses to the death of Whitney Houston
I cannot talk meaningfully about the death of Whitney Houston. I don’t have anything productive to add to the dialogue. But I can respond to some of the other responses to Whitney’s death. When Whitney Houston ruled the world I was in high school and her music was not my style. But there was neverContinue reading “Response to responses to the death of Whitney Houston”
Staying Open, Choosing Life
Today I was thinking about all the different perspectives people bring to the world. Some people are happy and optimistic. Some are always negative. Some believe if they work hard they will eventually succeed. Others believe in fate — that life is already laid out for them and there’s nothing they can do to changeContinue reading “Staying Open, Choosing Life”
Prayer of Tecumseh. And me.
[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”prayer of tecumseh”] This prayer published below is one of the most strikingly beautiful, and true, things I have ever read. It completely sums up the goal of my life. I do not claim to have arrived, but from what I’ve heard, Tecumseh arrived, and we know that others have arrived.Continue reading “Prayer of Tecumseh. And me.”
For Sandi
[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false”]Sandi — far right, with Beth, Tammy, and Kay[/featured-image] I moved to Davison from Lapeer in the summer, just before starting 5th grade. The transition was rough. I was in an awkward stage, to say the least. I had bucked teeth and giant freckles on my cheeks. My dad taught at GatesContinue reading “For Sandi”
