A Word About … Palms

On that very first Palm Sunday, The one with the adoring crowd, And the donkey ride for Him, The sight ...

A Word About … Sunday

A prayer, about … This Sunday. “But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, ‘You are my God.’ My ...

A Word About … That Day

I’ve said it many times: “There are few days in our lives, which, when they have come to an end, ...

A Word About … Noticing

Once an editor asked me if I usually wrote about people I had actually met and things I had actually ...

The Storyteller

As a small child, I used to sit on my father’s lap on cold winter evenings and watch the fire ...

A Sequestered Reflection …

I had no idea, really, until I heard it on the news. I’m one of ‘those most vulnerable.’ I’ve heard ...

Firsts …

I think ‘firsts’ are an important and interesting reality. I will tell you what I mean.:Life in all its complexity ...

The Imposter …

We didn’t cut our own Christmas tree this year. No stopping by the woods on a snowy evening. No Currier ...
Classic State of Mind Blog Finished Well

Finished Well

HER NAME WAS Martha, and I got to preach her funeral, a few years back. When she died, she was ...