The words, repentance and religion, have been turning over in my mind this week, since our Bible study, Bible Workbench, focused on a reading from Isaiah 1. He called the Israelites, and now us, to change our ways. What were they talking about? Repent means to deeply regret what we’ve done, but it does not […]
I was driving to South Park Mall one day this week to run a quick errand, when I realized that the driver in front of me was not using his/her turn signal. As I followed the car I was wishing that he/she (couldn’t tell which) would let me know what was going to happen, so […]
Curious. That’s what I think about the pair of red birds who have visited my feeder for the past three weeks. They definitely resemble cardinals, but they seem to be a little bigger, fatter and scruffier than the cardinals I see and recognize. Both have all-black heads without the defined crest of the cardinal. The […]
I sit with a cup of coffee on my deck and watch life happen in my yard. I take a slow walk around my neighborhood, way below the pace of exercise, in order to observe what is there or happening in the present time. I just sit and contemplate without objective. These are the actions […]
I just received a call from a web host who was trolling for more business among those who may be dissatisfied with their current provider. I get telephone calls looking for the person who has diabetes in my household(noone). I get calls from the police or fireman’s association asking me to buy tickets to their […]
Everyone is a gift to the world, a neat package of talents, passions and even weak areas, that, if realized and fulfilled, would make a real difference in this world. God has created each of us to be a certain kind of person, to pursue certain interests, to contribute with all of ourselves to life […]
What is your heart’s desire? Please note that the question is not “what do you THINK you want?” I am asking what your whole being wants, what the real you wants, not the you in the advertising-induced coma who wants what he or she is told to want. To answer the question “what is my […]
From the quiet, intimate melodies of Keith Jarrett’s “I love you Porgy” to the uptempo blast of Duke Ellington’s “Take the A train”, nothing illustrates individual expression better than Jazz music. Think of Count Basie, Oscar Peterson and Dave Brubeck. How different they are from each other and yet they all fall within the Jazz […]
For a friend of mine, let’s call her Mary, it is her daughter-in-law who drives her nuts. Her son’s wife violates everything that my friend holds holy and natural, but it is the neglect of the health of her grandchildren that she has the most trouble turning over to God. Mary has a very close […]
The great egrets are so easy to spot if they are present in the landscape—their pure white feathers do not blend into any landscape. Where I lived for so long in the San Francisco Bay Area the great egret is quite common. Known to feed and nest in the marshy shallows of the San Francisco […]