Many churches will not have services this week. In the case of churches continuing to hold services, many people will opt not to attend for health concerns. As a way to support the spiritual journey of Christians during this Lenten Season, for the remaining Sundays of Lent, I will post… Read More »Reflections on the Story of the Man Blind from Birth
Governments and public health officials throughout the world encourage us to practice social distancing. Keeping space from others and limiting our social and work activities will slow the rate of infection for COVID 19. Social distancing will enable health care facilities to provide proper care for those requiring hospitalization, many… Read More »Our New Spiritual Practice: Social Distancing
The Woman at the Well Many churches will not have services this week. In the case of churches continuing to hold services, many people will opt not to attend for health concerns. As a way to support the spiritual journey of Christians during this Lenten Season, for the remaining Sundays… Read More »The Woman at the Well
It was a Monday morning. I had begun my shift at the hospital as the pager sounded. “Report to the ICU. There is a case for you.” That was 1981. I was a hospital chaplain then. I was called to provide pastoral support to the first person with AIDS I… Read More »Lesson from a Different Pandemic
I’m like many other people. I live with physical pain. I’ve not wanted to write about this because I know others have much more serious pain than I do. Also, I’m not looking for remedies. I take appropriate care of myself, but nonetheless, I live with physical pain. I have… Read More »Living With Pain
The questions begin as people look for ideas…or perhaps inspiration and support. “What are you giving up for Lent?” Candy, alcohol, time on social media, yelling at reckless drivers: the list goes on and on. We’ve come to associate the six weeks before Easter that is known among Christians as… Read More »Lent and Giving Up
“I never heard anyone talk about it that way before,” she said. “It makes so much sense.” That’s what she said to me in response to our very brief discussion about spirituality. I was talking to a woman in her early thirties on break at a conference. She asked about… Read More »It’s Who We Are
In preparing to write about hope, I did an online search for quotes about hope. The majority of quotes represented a kind of Christian faith that I really don’t understand. They seemed to equate hope with faith in Jesus as a personal savior. There were other quotes from a rationalist… Read More »Can We Hope?
