Blog
Sunday’s Thought(s) Let it Snow…
My favorite Christmas book is actually a long poem by Dylan Thomas, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, A Child’s Christmas in Wales. And with all this snow, and a houseful of children who will remember a snowy Christmas like this one for the rest of their lives, I...
Swimming the Rosary & Finding the Good on Substack
I already added this to the Substack version of my blog-- but then realized you may be left out. This is a piece I wrote for Earth & Altar, a journal of faith. It's about swimming toward faith. I was at the pool this morning doing this and I realized I hadn't...
How to Help Alaskans Right Now
The best way to help the thousands displaced and suffering because of the recent storms in Western Alaska-- which is a long way from Haines, too-- is right here: through the Alaska Community Foundation's special relief fund . This same foundation helped Haines when we...
A Heart for San Francisco
“When you are in a world where people are not behaving like human beings, strive to be a human being.” Rabbi Sydney Mintz, sharing an old Jewish saying on Yom Kippur. I am still thinking about our spur of the moment, whirlwind Yom Kippur trip to San...
Sunday’s Thought ( A Shabbat Prayer)
Well, it’s been a rough day for my religion. Christians are wearing me out. What happened to love everyone (everyone) the same way you love yourself? What happened to the Golden Rule? So, this Sunday’s Thought is from one of my very favorite traditions, the Reformed...
Seeing the World
"See the world for what it is, and not what people think it is."- James D. Emilia is typing and coloring. She punches in her name and a thought or two and then pulls the paper out and draws a picture. I tell her writing is creative, good for you, and a nice way to...
Happy Birthday, Dear Life
“I could complain a little right here about the long years of back pain and occasional awful, heartbreak, but Lord, those were infinitesimal against the slather of gifts You gave mere me, a muddle of a man.” -Brian Doyle Henry, three, sent Chip a birthday video...