Pastor’s Pen

One of the challenges of retirement for me involved vacating an office that had floor-to-ceiling walls of bookshelves. Moving to a much smaller office at home, I needed to do some serious downsizing of my library. Different books made the cut for different reasons, of...

While running errands today, I had my first sighting of fall colors. This is my favorite season of the year! Though New Year’s Eve is generally considered a time for reflection and renewal, this time of year equally draws me towards a time for discernment. Schedules...

“I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”  —Psalm 34:1 There’s something about walking amid the beauty of creation that leads me to sing. Something stirs in my heart and suddenly I’m humming a tune. And soon the words of that...

“As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you.”  —Isaiah 66:13a Of all the images from this summer’s Divine Imagination sermon series, I think my favorite has been Christ as Mothering Hen. There’s a tenderness in this image but also a ferocity. For moms are...

One Saturday morning a couple of weeks ago, instead of heading to the yoga studio as I usually do, I gathered my hammer and tool belt and a few other essentials and drove to the Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity warehouse in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood to spend...