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April 24, 2024 —
For a long time many of us have located ourselves, and others, in terms of a liberal/ conservative binary. Are you a liberal or are you a conservative? Leaning left or right, or somewhere near the center of the spectrum? What’s happened in the last twenty years has rendered this way of construing reality pretty... Read More
April 21, 2024 —
Here’s my sermon of April 21, the fourth Sunday of Easter, a.k.a “Good Shepherd Sunday.” Click here to view the video on the youtube channel of the Community Church of San Miguel de Allende. For those of you who prefer reading to watching the written text is below. Next week will be my ninth and... Read More
April 18, 2024 —
These Precious Days by Anne Patchett is the sixth and last book in our book group’s “Aging and Mortality” series. Besides Patchett’s collection of essays, we’ve read The Gift of Aging, which profiled people who were enjoying their older years and living them to the fullest. Basic message: don’t dread getting older, make the most of... Read More
April 15, 2024 —
One of my blogs that really connected for some people was on “Grace in the Family.” In particular the idea that grandparents can be gracious by supporting — not judging and criticizing — the parenting being done by their own adult children. Here’s a juicy excerpt: “What can happen with grandparents is that they become... Read More
April 14, 2024 —
Here’s my sermon of April 14, 2024. Text is below. Link to a video at the church’s You Tube Channel is here. And Then There’s God’s Story Luke 24: 36 – 48 For those who pay attention to this sort of thing, this is the first and the only Sunday during my nine Sundays with... Read More
April 10, 2024 —
Bird Notes: There’s lot of activity with two kinds of birds here in San Miguel these days. First off, there’s a “Great Egret” rookery (nesting site) near us. The big Egrets are pretty amazing. They look as if they are doing ballet in the trees. How the eggs stay in the the nest on a... Read More
April 8, 2024 —
There was a time when liberals and the left-leaning were upbeat, optimistic, and enjoyed the fray. They were proudly “progressive.” Hubert Humphrey described himself as “a happy warrior.” Today? “Happy warriors” are harder to find. The planet is dying. White supremacy rules. And everyone is traumatized. One element of Joe Biden’s out-of-touchness is that he... Read More
April 4, 2024 —
Holy Week and Easter were salted this year, as every year lately, with news stories documenting church decline. Prior to this most recent theme, the well-timed seasonal stories for Christmas and Easter were a little different, but predictable. A church scandal here or a new revelation calling Christianity into doubt there. Regular as clockwork. Of... Read More
April 3, 2024 —
Sometime last year the U.S. Surgeon General declared loneliness to be a phenomenon so severe in the U.S. that it constituted an epidemic. Many factors have been cited as contributing to the epidemic of loneliness including isolation during the pandemic, technology that allows people to interact without personal connection, and the decline of marriage and... Read More
March 31, 2024 —
Here’s my Easter sermon from earlier today. The text was John 20: 1 – 18. Here’s the church’s You Tube of the service. The sermon probably starts at about 15 minutes in. Or you read it in text attached below. A blessed Easter to you you! While It Was Still Dark John 20: 1 –... Read More