• How to know when someone is lying to you

    There is a simple test for dishonesty. You’ve been told to look for nonverbal cues: the other person is nervous or doesn’t blink. That stuff. You’ve even been told how to catch a lie in an email. But I’ve got a better measuring stick for dishonesty. When you are talking with someone, notice whether or not their sharing…

  • The Gift: How Jesus tells us to re-gift GOD’s love

    a Homily for Easter 6A Text: John 14:15-21 Coming Home When my Dad would go on work trips; he would be gone all day. Often they were overnights. Alpena to Detroit is about five hours each way and when meetings went long, and he couldn’t make it all the way home, he’d stop and finish…

  • Have you checked out the new site, yet?

    As most of you already know, I’ve moved my site, updated it, and put some new bells and whistles in it. I’ve connected my newsletter service and made that the primary way of keeping up with the blog. I also have a few surprises to come this summer that I am really excited about. If you…

  • Flight

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  • Change isn’t the hardest thing

      We think change is hard. We associate all sorts of unpleasantness and discomfort with it. We moan about the unknown and cry but we hate change! when invited to try something new. We don’t really hate change. And change isn’t really all that hard. It just isn’t “normal” to us. Try eating at a…

  • The Way – roadmaps, Jesus, and finding GOD

    The Way – roadmaps, Jesus, and finding GOD

    a Homily for Easter 5A Text: John 14:1-14     The Big Goodbye Jesus is saying His goodbyes. This morning, we are brought back to the Last Supper, the final teachings, the big goodbye. Jesus is saying that it is almost time to go, but don’t worry: it isn’t their time yet. They will follow.…

  • I’m moving to a self-hosted site

    As I wrote nearly two weeks ago, I’ve been playing in two different sandboxes and it is time to consolidate. I gave myself two weeks to decide and to encourage you all to continue to receive upcoming posts by signing up for my newsletter. This will assure you of making the transition with me. I’ve…

  • Living Risen | St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

    Living Risen | St. Paul’s Episcopal Church In this week’s Question + Response for St. Paul’s, I tackle the idea that the gospel needs to be made more personal, simple, and distilled for us to actually live it. Here’s a hint: maybe it doesn’t.