Monthly Archives: September 2017

Back in the old days, when the snow was deeper, and you walked to school and back, uphill both ways, there were these places called radio-TV repair shops. The last one I saw was around 2003. Our TV had gone … Continue reading →

I had a lot of both last week! Before Irma was a “thing,” a menacing thing boring down on us from the Atlantic, my wife and daughter had lovingly planned my birthday: a “staycation” at Universal Studios. I had not … Continue reading →

The house was full of extended family; meals were haphazard adventures created with whatever was available; and the TV offered non-stop coverage of ferocious winds and pounding rains. Yes, it was a week ago; storm Irma arrived with force and … Continue reading →

Born on New Year’s Eve 1952, I grew up in “lily-white” Irvington N Y with 3 brothers and a sister. It was a time of oppressive discrimination in the North and Jim Crow laws of segregation in the South. My … Continue reading →

The first time we visited Joy Lutheran Church, I looked around at all the old people in the pews and thought that I could never belong here. How could I worship without the accompaniment of a baby’s cry? Wouldn’t I … Continue reading →

I am thinking thankfulness this week. We just celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniversary with family and friends in a weekend long party. I am overwhelmed with gratitude for so many things that it is hard to know where to begin. … Continue reading →

HOLY CROSS DAY According to tradition Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine, found the cross of Jesus in Jerusalem in the fourth century. Later the Spanish nun Egeria reported seeing a relic of the True Cross in the Church … Continue reading →

This is inspired by one of the parables my friend Jim Drummond wrote many years ago when he was a Sunday School Superintendent. I remember as a child waiting at a railroad crossing and counting the railroad cars from different … Continue reading →

Most times if we do something, it’s because we have a reason. Most times if we don’t do something, it’s because we don’t have a reason. Pretty simple huh? Some years ago a fellow I knew from up north sez, … Continue reading →

We try every day to follow Christ’s teachings. We listen for the urging of God’s voice within us. But, it’s not so easy. We are born with a sinful nature; we struggle against temptations large and small. Then Bam! We’ve … Continue reading →