Sometimes you are too tired to write. You are too tired to think. And then you read in Psalm 4, I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. And you don’t think about the deep meaning of it. You don’t spend hours looking for the […]

(First published May 5, 2009) Sometimes you just have to stop. Sometimes you have to stop and listen and ask and listen. Sometimes you need questions. Simple questions. Questions of few syllables and deep thought. When was the last time you stopped? That’s an easy question to ask. That’s a very difficult question to be […]

(First published June 29, 2009) I write this on a comfortable evening, sitting on the deck. The wind is blowing the trees. The birds are chipping in their evening voices. I can’t tell whether they are trying to get the kids to settle down or making plans for tomorrow. The robin is on the wire, […]

I’m not particularly patriotic. I pledge allegiance to the flag and I am grateful to the sons of friends now serving, but I am unwilling to say, “my country right or wrong” when I know there are good people in other countries saying the same thing and when I am called to be a citizen […]