300 words a day

On January 1, 2009, I published this as the first post at a new blog, 300wordsaday.com. It seemed like a good thing to rerun. +++ Huge dream. Big plans. Complete outline. Clear structure. That’s what I was thinking when I started working on the idea for this website. But that’s not how it’s starting. Instead, […]

God. We are looking at the end of on calendar page and the beginning of the next. Depending on our calendar, this is always true.Hours, days, weeks, months, years.At the end of today, we are at the end of this month, and at the end of this year. Already we are anxious about the new […]

It’s Christmas day. It’s the day we celebrate the incarnation of God. Not the actual date for birth. There’s plenty of debate from all sides about that.  But it’s the day that many people choose to celebrate many things. Family, buying things, favorite music, time off. And for many people that celebration includes God putting […]

God. Here we are on Christmas eve. In the hospital. Or in a battle zone. Or in a church service. Some of us, because I can read and listen, are rejoicing about who is close, about how things are.Some of us, because I can listen, are scared and angry and sad.Neither Bethlehem nor our hearts […]

The other week, I thought I was on vacation. I wasn’t. Class was done and I was down to my normal hospital schedule rather than the extra shifts I had been doing.  The relief felt like, but wasn’t, vacation. The more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve realized I need to take some days […]