I wasn’t there, but I heard that Mark Davis made quite the “to do” about his high school graduation. He ascended the stairs to the stage in the gym. He received his diploma, he shook hands with the pr...  Read More

I have always loved the comic “Calvin and Hobbes” by Bill Watterson.  For those of you unfamiliar with it, it tells the story of a remarkably precocious, spiky-haired six-year-old boy named Calvin and...  Read More

“Spirit is life like a river unafraid of becoming the sea.”  These words are scripted in gold at the top of a thirty foot tall painting of a luminous and numinous, flowing river displayed in the sculp...  Read More

Palm/Passion Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week and the sign that the season of Lent is ending. As we end one season, another begins and in a week’s time we will be in the season of Eastertide – ...  Read More

Years ago, I saw a play entitled, “When I Come to Die.”  It told the story of a man named Damon on death row who is given what should be a lethal injection but lives.  Far from being elated when he di...  Read More

What is a dance, a debate, a tug of war, a collaboration, a conversation, a case of creative differences, a teaching opportunity, and a complicated relationship all rolled into one?  Our text from the...  Read More

I grew up in a drought. Rationing water by watering lawns at night only twice a week was normal and I remember being told that it’s good if your lawn resembles “California gold”. Many people opted to ...  Read More

This morning, I invite you to join me on a little journey of heresy, in favor of the golden calf.  But before we begin this journey I will acknowledge what we heard read from Exodus, chapter twenty.  ...  Read More

A Native American Proverb says, “Tell me the facts and I’ll learn. Tell me the truth and I’ll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.” Stories are powerful. They are a valua...  Read More

Welcome to Ash Wednesday and Lent, the day and the season in which we are reminded of how deeply flawed and imperfect we truly are and of the depth and perfection of God’s love for us in Jesus Christ....  Read More

How do we learn?  How do we grow?  How do we mature?  Oftentimes, the first step in learning anything is recognizing everything we actually do not know.  As people of faith we are called to continue t...  Read More

Have you ever wondered why the majority of Presbyterian churches celebrate communion once a month, unlike our Catholic sisters and brothers who celebrate the sacrament every week?  It all started in J...  Read More