I have been focusing, in my Sunday Reflections, on travel (bicycle, snow-shoes, motorcycle, auto, plane, train, RV) and the connection to the more subtle spiritual life journey. I know motorcyclists who must ride, walkers who must walk, paddlers who must paddle, travelers who must board a plane, others who take off in the RV. Backpackers,…
What do these novels have in common: Gulliver’s Travels, Odyssey, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Fellowship of the Ring (trilogy), The Chronicles of Narnia (trilogy), Don Quixote, Travels with Charley, Eat, Pray, Love, On the Road, Under the Tuscan Sun, Innocents Abroad, Call of the Wild? Well, each book is one of a million trillion books…
My muse emerges when I am in a peaceful and beautiful setting outdoors. Now, outdoor trips are rare thanks to deep winter in the north, when I am mostly indoors for months at a time. I moved a comfy chair next to the doors leading to the deck for some visual inspiration. The house across the…
Being a minister, some expect me to be a notch above others on the perfection scale. But, I am here to say, it is impossible to be perfect. Ministers are like every other flawed person. Besides, who likes a “holier than thou” type? I am thinking it is even good for the soul to have some startling…