Good: 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 […]

sing: Red Letter Challenge

In fourth grade I made the school choir. You would have thought I won the lottery. In my memory, we stayed after school and sang soaring songs such as “Let’s Go Fly A Kite!” It was a heady time for sure. Truth be told, I’m not sure anyone was actually turned away from joining. I […]

Sing [#1Word5voices]

I attended a conference yesterday which began with some singing. I don’t believe this to be a uniquely Methodist practice, but I have experienced many gatherings that began in a like manner. Perhaps we Methodists like to sing because at our roots, one of our founders was in love with music. Of course, I’m thinking of Charles Wesley. Charles, the […]