Dazzling: 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 […]

water: Red Letter Challenge

Some days feel like walking through the desert searching for a drop of anything to quench a burning thirst. Other days, you try not to drown as you are forced to drink from the firehose. I like to think when Jesus encounters the Samaritan Woman at the well (John 4), he offers a third way. […]

Maybe We Need A Watered-down Church?

I don’t drink much water. Not plain water anyway. Plenty of coffee and soda and other beverages made from water, but not pure water. Why? Water is good and good for you. Water is life. Water is refreshing and cleansing and healthy. Most of the planet is covered in water. Most of our bodies are made […]