It should come as no surprise that our personality type influences the ways we approach spirituality. To fully understand this section of my website please also read the section on personality type. I first became interested in personality type at a School of Pastoral Care in the early 1980’s it was then I first made […]
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What’s in a Name. If you have children you have thought about this question. Jesus actually had a common name, Joshua but in its Greek form. Even His name tells His mission. He is the savior/healer of Jews and Gentiles alike! When you see Bar at the beginning of a Jewish name it means son
Prayer can become an interest for many people in difficult times. Even now in what has been called a Post Christian Culture. As tragic events unfold on our screens people turn to prayer. Mass shootings, destructive weather or poor economic times each have a way of turning people to pray. For many it comes more
My Favorite Photograph was taken on Shell Island outside of Panama City Florida. My wife was tossing potato chips and I was taking pictures with my IPhone. However the glare of the sun was such that I had no idea what I was getting. This was one of many and just perfection!
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I’ve been writing poetry since high school. I like the challenge of the rhythm and the rhyme. Here you will find many topics, from spirituality and morality, comments on culture or nature, observations of life, irony and humor, and hopefully some words of wisdom. Poetry is an art form that has been around for
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This is a poem about abundance. Jesus came to save our soul Yet ‘’twas not his only goal More than this he hoped that we Would come to live abundantly Yet this was not what you might guess Not about worldly success Not about your pocket book Nor about your classy look More about the
December 18th of this year (2023) will be the 45th anniversary of my ordination. Before that during my second year of seminary I was an Intern Chaplain at St. Anselm’s Chapel at the University of Vermont in Burlington. There is where my began to learn the craft of preaching. After two weeks of writing and
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This post is about I’ve been writing songs since the early 1980’s. Back then I had invited The Rev. Philip Weeks to share a weekend at The Episcopal Church of the Reconciliation in Webster Massachusetts. It was a very powerful time and many in the congregation experienced spiritual blessings. Inspiration At the time I felt
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There are many suggestions to answer the question, “What do dreams mean?” Could it be indigestion There are those who simply believe dreams are the result of things like indigestion. Which May in fact be tangentially true. For example, we may have indigestion due to some worry or problem in our life that we can’t
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The poem is about Changes.. Back in element’ry school We learned about the Golden rule Prayed when we began the day I pledge allegiance we did say We learned to always look both ways We wrote with cursive script display We dodged a ball and ran red rover We rode our bikes and wished on