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 […]

Don’t Just Show Up…Be Present!

“Where are you? What are you doing? Are you listening? Paying attention? Stay focused. Stop looking at your phone. Turn it off. Be here. Now. In the present. Be with who you are with. Talk with them. Live with them. Take some time. Think. Do you understand who you are? What you are called to […]

Maybe Church Needs More Bacon?

He literally gagged on the green bean. No joke. He put it in his mouth and began convulsing. What do you do with that? My folks were the “you have to try a bite of everything” parents. It didn’t matter what it looked or smelled like, you tried it. My children have been subjected to […]