Bittersweet Miracles

Bittersweet Miracles

It’s been an interesting year. They all are, I suppose, but this one has been unusually bittersweet. Becoming friends with Loretta Lynn in 2018 was such a gift to both of us, I think. She has such a beautiful family and SO many friends, and though I came into her life...
Angel In The Stone

Angel In The Stone

There’s a story about Michelangelo finding the work of art in the stone. Yesterday I was at First Lutheran downtown Nashville where I will be leading worship tomorrow. The best way to prepare for worship is to worship and it was beautiful time of solitude with...
Circles Around The Sun

Circles Around The Sun

If wishes were circles around the sun,                                                 And all that has been had just now begun,                                                                     I’d chase the gold flame till the light had come                       ...
Joy

Joy

“God is a ghost only to those who haunt their own lives.”  ~ Christian Wiman I decided to read some of my favorite poetry amid the alleged stark reality around me. The situation is real; I don’t mean to infer otherwise. But our great promise is a...