Advent 2 December 2025
Peace is often thought of as tranquility, harmony, freedom from conflict, either in the world or in our […]
Featured, Public Square, Writing Desk
Hope is an Action
Photo by Daniel Romero on Unsplash Driving up Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, I stopped for a light, and to my right in
The Hope of Nature September 2025
The Hope of Nature I sit by the swimming pool waiting for my family to arrive for our Labor Day
A Baby Quilt. March 2025
I finished a baby quilt for a friend. She and her husband moved to the Chicago area last summer with
The Messy Middle
I am in the thick of revising my memoir, which is messy. I changed a quote at the beginning of
Prologue to Memoir September 2025
Prologue I was in the prime of my life, serving as the pastor of a church in the
Writing with the Oaks on the Rock River
About my writing…. I finished a rough draft of my book, My Pride is Dust: The Loss of a Son,
Beauty of the Garden
I always said I would never plant flowers that needed to be taken up in the fall and
Tranquility, Peace, Hope. January 2024
Tranquility, Peace, Hope “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long