Seraph Serpents
Today’s readings always give me pause… in the desert, the people complain against God. Then come the seraph serpents that bite them and kill them. The cure is for Moses to put a serpent on a staff and hold it up. Whoever gazes on it is saved. This reading is…
The season opens
Football season in the SEC is now officially open. At one level, I see this as so much hooey. But, deep in my bones, it is exciting. As I left work on Friday afternoon, the atmosphere crackled like a festival. The FiJis (over at ‘Bama, those boys might be known…
Quiet Reminders
As a part of my “be still” campaign, I am also practicing paying attention. And, of course trying to enter an attitude of prayer more often. One of my passtimes is playing a game I found on Facebook – Wordshunt. You can check in from time to time and…
Be Still
My “homework” is once again to practice “being still.” Ugh! Just the other day I realized that other folks in my office are not privy to the conversations that go on constantly in my head. I have to update them from time to time or my questions…
Trees do bend…
On my way in to work each morning I pull up to an intersection that causes me to face a line of not so very old trees. These trees were carefully planted a number of years ago and are nicely spaced so as to have plenty of room to grow without interference from…