Alone: 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 […]

Life Is Better Together

I like Jack Johnson. He’s got that singer-songwriter thing I have always enjoyed. Simple. Catchy. Meaningful. He paints with his words. This is perhaps what I appreciate most about his music. They are a form of storytelling I resonate with. I’ve returned recently to one of my favorite Jack Johnson songs, “Better Together”. Better together. […]

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 […]