Monthly Archives: May 2020

There are some days when I’m just so over computer screens, so tired of zoom meetings and emails instead of face-to-face conversations. I realize that for some who are feeling very isolated, this technology is a lifeline. Indeed, I don’t want to imagine not having this tool to stay connected and carry on work and school. JustContinue reading “May 25, 2020”

A word I am hearing with great frequency in the these most uncertain of times is hope.  The headlines say it all: “Auto Workers’ Return Gives Hope”, “Property Owners Hopeful Vacation Rentals Will Be Cleared to Reopen”, “NCAA Hopes for June Sports Return”. People are hoping to have haircuts, to fly on commercial airplanes, toContinue reading “May 22, 2020”

SONGS FROM THE BUS Remember a couple of weeks ago, we talked about “Who’s Driving the Bus?” We decided that it is Jesus, our Lord and Savior.  The thing is that the ride is longer and bumpier than we could ever have imagined, but there are many signs of hope and of future. Just different. Last nightContinue reading “May 21, 2020”

Finally, the quarantine is being lifted! Or so they say … Really it’s sorta lifted so some businesses can try to rebuild and maybe people can, within limits, come and go as they once did … it’s kinda lifted since now we have 4 more packages of toilet paper on the shelves but still noContinue reading “May 20, 2020”

My cell phone gives me a weekly report about my use. This report tells me how many hours and minutes I used my phone when compared to what I used the prior week. I find this report quite interesting. Generally speaking, I have this feeling that I should be spending less time on my phone. But under our currentContinue reading “May 19, 2020”

Unplanned If you know me, you know that I am a planner and organized to a fault. I actually keep four calendars, one wall calendar each for home and work and two honest-to-goodness paper calendar/planners, one for personal use and one for work. It used to be my habit to get up each morning andContinue reading “May 16, 2020”

More than One Way to be Together Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who wereContinue reading “May 15, 2020”

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.  As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time on and  forevermore.  Psalm 125: 1-2. As a student of literature, I learned long ago to translate poets’ visual images into concrete memories fromContinue reading “May 14, 2020”

Many years ago I taught Spin classes at the YMCA on Riverside Avenue.  I became fast friends with a Naval Helicopter pilot, Kevin & his wife Beth, a Calculus teacher at Episcopal High School. After coming to the Wednesday morning 6am Spin classes for a while, Beth asked for modifications for the workout because she was newlyContinue reading “May 13, 2020”

Listen for the Hope in Others Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and reverence. -I Peter 3:15-16 The verses above serve as my go-to text when preaching/teaching about evangelism. Evangelism for me tells storiesContinue reading “May 12, 2020”