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I’ve written here about presence, particularly the presence of God. Presence: and grief Presence: and conversation Presence: and me Those post are part of a series I wrote when I was teaching a course on Pastoral Care. The idea that God is present with us is significant. Not fixing things, not doing what we want, […]

Rich Dixon asks another important question. +++ Last time, I omitted the question that opened our team discussion about risk. Is it worth the risk? Unless you’re a teenage male, risk/reward analysis is likely a normal part of life. + + + Jesus advised his followers to count the cost of following. I used to […]

Yesterday we said that Jesus chooses to go to people who admit they aren’t perfect. Here’s the continuation of that story: +++ 2. But it’s pretty clear that Jesus isn’t willing to leave people where they are, in lives that don’t work. We think about that often. “Well, Jesus was loving. He wouldn’t reject me.” […]

Yesterday was the fourth Sunday of Lent. Easter is three weeks away. That may feel surprising to you. It does to me. Time is confusing right now. Everything is confusing right now. In the Gospel text for yesterday, Luke 15, there are three stories that may be familiar to us, even if we haven’t spent […]

God, We are here.You are there. We are not sure where here is, if we are honest. We watch the seasons change, we watch our parents change, our children change. We lose jobs and friends, we change houses and towns, we find callings and cancer. And we feel lost. And we are not sure where […]