Learn, Grow, and Change

One of the most extraordinary aspects of our humanity is our capacity to learn, grow, and change.

~ Sheryl Chard (Gratefulness.org)

One week ago today I got a call from the son of my long-time business partner, Joel Bowman, asking who in Kalamazoo could take his dad to the ER.

Of course, I am […]

Nothing Left to Forgive – COVID

Jesus came to teach many things, but forgiveness is chief among them.

And yet with compassion there is nothing left to forgive.

Forgiveness is only needed when there is something held against another, some kind of blame.

When you see deeply into another, that judgment falls away and there is nothing left […]

Disappearance of Dogma

If the definition of “dogma” is a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true then I wonder what we call the state of not seeing anything as incontrovertibly true? Perhaps that is the disappearance of dogma….

I have been listening to Kelvin Chin, who was a test subject in […]

Warp and Weft

This post begins with a reprint of a Sacred Story published December 23, 2017: “Husband’s Clothes:”

As she stood in line at the grocery store the man in front of her looked so much like her late husband it almost took her breath away. The same height, the same built, even a similar style of […]

Jesus Loves Me!

Twenty years ago, the Friday after Thanksgiving, I ended my formal relationship with the organized Christian church. It would be too simplistic to say that happened over the curriculum of the Sunday school class I was getting ready to teach. A contributing factor for sure was pain related to a friend’s death from AIDS, and […]

The Gift of Distance

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.~ Og Mandino 

 

George loved doing woodworking in his shop. He had been in an assisted living facility for the past couple of years. Tuesday, when I attended his funeral, George’s […]