Monthly Archives: February 2023

I am certain the numbers will be included with his name: Hugh Smith.  Yes, a very common name…but personally he was such a friendship gift from God.  Hugh and Jane were members of the last church I served as Senior … Continue reading →

A Memory about freezing weather fishing.  Circa 1971…lived in Eugene, Oregon.  Bill Wilson lived across the street, had a beautiful 18-foot drift boat.  He invited me and my father to go steelhead fishing.  Short story—zero degrees, literally, we slid the … Continue reading →

Love this:  follow the guidance of “in communication make sure you keep the ratio of two ears and one mouth.” The affirmation below, though, takes it one step deeper.  Yes, it’s from a journel of Ecological Consciousness.  Which I can … Continue reading →

People to admire, folk to affirm, are those who know that life brings good days and days we wish never had happened.  It’s the full prism of who we are and life’s happenstances. In a moment, just after I read … Continue reading →

Some notes and quotes… Left HEB this morning, did the self-check-out section, got some computer help.  Thanked the lady as I left.  She waved and said, “See you tomorrow!” Ah, a smile for us both!  A discovery for those of … Continue reading →

No doubt, whether you rooted for one team or another, your afternoon yesterday was either nap time or watching the Super Bowl. In pondering it 24 hours later, I am struck by two moments.  Nope.  Not who won or lost.  … Continue reading →

This ad got my attention…and brought back instances during the world of ordained ministry.  Not that it requires ordination to have value.  Not for a breath. As many of you know, my most quotable resource is William Sloane Coffin.  I … Continue reading →

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. needs to be more convincing.  At leasetin this personal response.  Reason is not blurred…the darkness controls.  It hopefully doesn’t win, but it sucks me in. Hard, so very hard, to embrace what Dr. King wrote…and … Continue reading →

On a day when the China balloon was shot out of the sky, falling into the ocean, on a day when weather batters so many, on a day when medical news brings concerns with our family…and, yes, with many of … Continue reading →

For many reasons, February 2 is important…deeper than that. Most primarily it is the birth day of my sister, Marilyn Fran Miller Grey.  She was the best…as a sister, a daughter, a wife, a mother, a kindergarten teacher.  To not … Continue reading →