Closing Ceremony
posted 13 days ago and has 1 comment
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the L...
Lease Release
posted 28 days ago and has 1 comment
As Facility Manager in the office building where I've worked for almost twenty years, I recently had to notify our outside tenants that the building was on the market and we expected it to sell in coming months. Even though we soon had a contract,...
American Idols
posted about 1 month ago and has 1 comment
The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypr...
The "Bone a Fide" Truth
posted about 1 month ago and has 2 comments
The old song about "Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones" was popular during my early childhood such that it's nonsensical anatomy lesson still rattles around in my head: "The toe bone connected to the foot bone, the foot bone connected to the ankl...
A Bully Pulpit
posted 3 months ago and has 3 comments
The flock that gathers as Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago is apparently suffering from a spiritual famine. The pulpit seems to have been commandeered by yet another political pundit in priest's garb. The latest diatribe, clipped to a so...
Life in the Fast Lane
posted 3 months ago and has 4 comments
Fasting has never been a regular practice of my faith. While I appreciate it and endorse the practice, it is not something that is commanded by the calendar. Perhaps because fasting is so rare for me, the few times I have practiced it have been su...
Happy Others Day!
posted 3 months ago and has 1 comment
About half a century ago, when I was a kid, the family stopped downtown to do some shopping. We parked on the street and went into a nearby store, passing an old man who clearly knew a life of poverty. Our shopping soon done, we came back to our c...
Mother's Day
posted 4 months ago and has 0 comments
Happy Mother's Day! No, my calendar isn't fast. I know the day we celebrate our mothers is the second Sunday in May. But in these times, every day is a very important Mother's Day, that of necessity, the mother of invention. While the world is in ...
Who am I?
posted 4 months ago and has 0 comments
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