300 words a day

It’s June 1. But you knew that already. I’ve been thinking for the last couple weeks about making some adjustments for this month, trying to establish, or reestablish some routine. I have some things to write. I have some things to read. I have some breathing to do. I was writing to a student the […]

Continuing our “perfect” plan…I entered a trail along the top of a series of levees. The trail descended & ascended every mile or so to accommodate a service road. I cranked along the top of the levees, traffic-free, king of my world, enjoying the afternoon warmth. Until, at one of the crossings, a safety gate […]

Some shifts are too full of activity to leave room for words. Monday was one of those shifts.

(This is from my weekly newsletter “Finding Words in Hard Times” from last Thursday. Some of you have read it already. But Nancy said I could use it here, too.) In the old days, Memorial Day included cemetery tours. As a child, when we lived in Minnesota, we’d visit the family cemetery in Webster (WI), […]

God. Most of the time that we turn to you and start talking, we know what we want. We’re not shy about wanting to you fix things, to solve pain, to bring blessing. We know exactly what you should do. That first day of Pentecost the Apostles were in a room together, talking with you, honoring you, […]