Filled: Lent 2025

Here we are again. Another Lent. Another wilderness wandering. Another start to reflecting on the world via my very sporadic writings. It seems Lent has been the time I feel most compelled to write. Perhaps because of the introspective nature of the season. Maybe it’s just the experience of taking the United Methodist Photo-A-Day challenge and turning […]

An Octopus, Really?

I am fascinated by God’s creation. Some of my first memories are of trips taken with family to see wild and exotic animals at a zoo. I remember spending hours thumbing through a book series my folks purchased for us; each month a new group of animals was featured. I spent several afternoons turning over […]

Is That Duck Staring?

On my way into the church this morning, I spotted a blue heron, a mallard duck and several Canada geese hanging around the small pond built on the property. They didn’t seem to pay me much attention to me, except for the mallard who was looking at me and sending out the “I’ve got my […]