Our back yard is carpeted with morning glory sprouts. They’re coming out of every space between the pavers, every pot,…

Sometimes when I’m offering an invocation or prayer, I’ll start off by saying something like, “You can close your eyes…

Sometimes I don’t feel very smart.  I bump up against situations that I have no idea whatsoever how to fix. …

I don’t like to do things half-way. Not half-hearted, half-baked, half-awake, or half-assed. If I’m going to do something, commit…

I can’t do the talk that I thought I was going to do this week.   I hadn’t written much…

I tend to hold my theology loosely.  The nature of “the Divine” and what in heaven’s name that even means……

There’s a theory regarding group dynamics that offers that in any group of people — a class, a team, a…

Paul Simon wrote some great tunes about mothers: Mother and Child Reunion in 1972, and Loves Me Like a Rock…

My friend Sandy shared with me that she often describes our Albuquerque arts communities as a culture not where people…

I’ve told you before about my Jar of Good Things. That’s sort of a silly name for what is essentially…

Last week I was wrapping up my talk and said something like, “Right now, here we are. Let’s maximize this.”…

Growing up Methodist, I was always aware of the special hymns and changing colors associated with the different seasons in…