When I think of the difficult things in our lives and in the world today, especially in our country, I think that they are wake-up calls from God to “see and hear” as Jesus says often[1], to know what is really happening and what is really needed for us to do in light of, say, […]

Being present to people is like—and this is the best metaphor I can come up with—driving a car on roads in town or on a highway. Your eyes have to see everything that is going on: any change in the traffic lights or traffic, any potholes to avoid, what the cars ahead of you and […]

Community is the true nature of our relationships with people, too. Belonging to one or more communities is much less important today in our country than the next thing that we want on our list of material things we have to have. This loss of community in our neighborhoods, even our families, our cities, and […]

God created this interdependent, beautiful world in which every living creature and plant resides in a living community which provides everything that each species needs to thrive. And each species has a role to play in its life on earth. Just for instance, beetles are the trash collectors of this world and pollinate some plants.[1] As […]

The Christian Church across all denominations today is leaching members. According to the Gallup Poll taken in 2024: “On any given weekend, about three in 10 U.S. adults attend religious services, down from 42% two decades ago. Church attendance will likely continue to decline in the future, given younger Americans’ weaker attachments to religion.”[1] 30% of […]

Genesis 1:27 says, “So God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.” To me, this means that every single human being, on this Earth, male and female, was created by God and is loved by God. So that we are also to […]