Throughout the 50 days of Easter, I would like to invite you to explore what it means for you to have an open heart and an open mind. We are using a theme verse from Acts 17:28; in him we live and move and have our being. On this Sunday, April 19 in our gospel reading we hear the story of Jesus walking along side two of his followers, one named Cleopas. Jesus meets them along the way. At the beginning of our reading for this Sunday April 19 in Luke 24:16 , we read that th

During the season of Lent as we have been exploring the Love Languages of Lent, I have been curious about a soundtrack that might accompany us. I didn't come up with one as such. Yet this week as we read together the gospel for this coming Sunday March 22, 2026 John 11:1-45- ( Lazarus being raised from the dead) the four songs at the bottom of this post came to mind. I am attaching the music videos from YouTube for each of them. There will likely be an advertisement at begin

Take 5- a candy bar, a break, a safety term, a boy band, and a strategy for teaching self-regulation to name just five items that come up with a search of that phrase. This year I hope you will consider taking 5 weeks to explore living from a place of deep love. I hope you will accept this invitation to engage in deepening your love and connection with God, within yourself and with other people. Will you take the less than 5 minutes it takes to read this? This Lenten season

In the pause, in the gap, in the in-between, in the uncertain, in the unknown, in the light and in the darkness what does it mean to wait? This week the second Sunday in the season of Epiphany the assigned psalm is Psalm 40. Every time I hear the reference to psalm 40 it takes me back to 1987. That year we waited. We waited mostly patiently. We waited in line overnight in the dark and the next day in the light. In those days the only way to get concert tickets was in person