I am sitting at my sister’s home in New Zealand, trying to write with her yellow Labrador, Maggie, lying beside me. I have patted her,...

I am leaving in a few days on vacation to New Zealand, my home country. I find myself very scattered---partly focused on what is to come,...

In a world where strength is often celebrated and assertiveness applauded, the notion of meekness might seem outdated or even weak. But...

Spring, as you will be aware if you've read my previous posts, is my favorite time of the year—well, maybe more than spring itself, the...

In choosing to “live” Jesus’ teaching recorded as the Sermon on the Mount, I now realize I opened myself up to allowing God to meet me in...

I was preparing to teach our church’s children the story of Samuel anointing David to be the next king of Israel, and I found myself...

As I sit down to write today, I realize that, if you are regularly reading our Fermata blogs, you may be wondering what is going on!  So,...

Days trickle or race by, depending on what each one holds, and helped of course by the sun or challenged by the dull, gray, cold, and...

I stand feeling empty and afraid. The dark night sky twinkles with a multitude of stars, and the sliver of the moon rests nonchalantly on...

I am sure, if there was a grade for trying harder, I would get an A. Oh, but what about all the times I gave up in despair? Maybe I'm...

In the heart of the Gospel of Matthew, nestled between the infancy narrative and the passion account, lies the Sermon on the Mount....

Frustration overwhelms me as I reflect on so much wasted time during a week of being homebound by a week of snow and ice. I haven’t been...

It’s a new year! Welcome to 2024! Are you wondering what this year will hold? It always seems to make more sense to us to celebrate the...

We are entering the third week of Advent where the invitation is to joy! From the angel’s words to Zechariah about his coming son, “He...

Picture Jesus and his disciples: the triumphant entry into Jerusalem is behind them; they are gathered together around the table,...

Long, long ago in the creation of the heavens, God reached out a finger and touched one spinning planet, our earth. And God spoke, and...

Four hundred silent years, they say, followed the penning of the last word of what we now call the Old Testament. The Jewish world...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday mark the apex of American consumerism. As this Cyber Monday comes to a close, I am baffled by the reports...

Have you ever asked God for something and then regretted asking? As I was thinking about sharing some ideas for making Thanksgiving more...

I am sitting here today, watching the wind moving quietly through the trees— wondering if the trees feel it as a gentle touch, a gentle...