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Christmas Visitation
Lately my life has been like sitting under a canopy out in the middle of the desert, beside a dirt road. Time ekes by very slowly as I wait for…Embryonic Stem Cell Research
A short time ago I went with some relatives on a tour of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California. An impressive white architectural marvel set up…
God’s Story
Spending the Memorial Day weekend in a rented cabin one block from gorgeous Lake Tahoe gave me a chance to ponder the earth’s beginnings once more. Of course Genesis 1…Courage Keeps the Kings!
I am totally stoked that the NBA relocation committee has voted to keep the Kings basketball team in Sacramento! The committee’s decision goes a long way to sealing the deal…How Long to Sing This Song?
Do you recognize the phrase, “How Long to Sing This Song?”? It’s from U2’s song “40,” loosely based on Psalm 40. I can’t say I understand the full meaning of…Paying Attention to the Source
I have been reading about Jesus’s last week on earth. In churches that follow a liturgical calendar, today is called Maundy Thursday; it is the day when Jesus celebrated the…Faithfulness
Lately I have been thinking about our old dog, Buddy. Nothing made him happier than being beside us moment by moment…following Jack around the yard, or me as I went…Advent – Waiting and Preparation
I remember going to a camp once very shortly after my first profession of faith. Some of my friends and I were bedded down in sleeping bags in a large…
Praying With My Pencil” —Greg Asimakoupoulos
Now I sit me down
to think
and jot a prayer
with lead or ink.
If I should wake
before I die,
I ask you, Lord,
to help me try
to live each day
for what it’s worth
and make some meaning
of my birth.