One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon. And a man lame from birth was being carried…

It was Fall Break from school last week.  And intensive radiation therapy for me.  So... we watched some movies! Two movies Based on (random) movie-viewing, here’s a current rumination: What…

One passage in the Sermon on the Mount poses problems for many folks. Talking about hatred, anger, and adultery, Jesus used a potent metaphor to illustrate the poisonous – even…

A pair of cardinals likes to nest in the Texas Mountain Laurel in our back garden.  This year, they hatched their babies successfully – taught them to fly – and…

Some weeks, my prompt for writing comes from newspaper headlines or scripture.  This week, I am writing in response to two family-member big events:  Mark is spending the weekend in…

A theology of blooming Once upon a time, I was pushing a stroller through the Cambridge Botanical Gardens around this time of year, thrilling to the feel of sunshine and…

Patches of crispy white snow still cling to the shadowy places on the north side of our house.  Those strange little spots – incongruous when the sun is shining warm…

Dear “Why Jesus” Subscribers, Can you believe it’s been a year since the “Why Jesus” website and blog launched? And what a year it’s been... for all of us... Amen?…

God’s goodness in a broken world Last weekend: a forced-march through busyness. In the midst, I hunker down emotionally. I grit my teeth in the guise of a grin. I…

Every fall, the Gideons Auxiliary drops off a little gift basket for me at the church. It usually contains candies, tissues, lotion, some paperback devotionals, and a hand-written card that…