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A time to keep silence

Words ... words ... and more words. We are inundated by them. Words written and words spoken. Words meant to convince. Words meant to manipulate. Words that express emotions. Wor...

DATE: Feb 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

A yearly reminder to live in faith daily

New Year’s. A date on the calendar to mark new beginnings. New diets. New exercise programs. New commitments to those things we know we should be doing but we aren’t. I suspect mo...

DATE: Dec 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

The last gasps of Patriarchy?

Years ago, I sat on the couch in my living room facing an investigator from the State Board of Medical Examiners. He had come all the way from Madison to my house in the woods in northwest W...

DATE: Oct 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

The only thing to fear ...

While the image I carry of myself as a backpacker may no longer align with reality, from experience I know the validity of these words: “We pack for our fears.” More than once I have c...

DATE: Sep 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Ignore nature, and live beyond your means

“To everything there is a season ...” So says the Biblical writer of Ecclesiastes. Hinduism, Buddhism and other Eastern religions impart a similar wisdom that speaks to the seasonal natu...

DATE: Aug 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Evolutionary understanding, unwavering truth

In what do you believe? I am part of a small group, all of whom would self-identify as Christian, or at least participate in a Christian community. We have recently been engaged i...

DATE: May 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Good News may be best news of the day

Good News. It’s a phrase in the Christian world that is often linked to Jesus ... as in “This is the Good News of Jesus Christ.” The transliteration of the Greek from which this p...

DATE: Mar 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

A life-and-death choice for everyone

Who knew that an Army colonel’s wisdom could be so timely? Along with many of us, Margaret Wheatley didn’t. Wheatley is a writer, teacher, and speaker whose area of expertise is o...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Freedom brings new challenges and responsibilities

Years ago Marlo Thomas recorded an album entitled, “Free to Be You and Me.” I don’t remember much about the songs on it, but I do remember my kids and I listened to it a lot. Both then and n...

DATE: Feb 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Dolores Rotary Club assists schools

I want to take a moment to thank the Dolores Rotary Club for their generous support of Dolores Schools throughout this school year. The Rotary Club makes a regular practice of inv...

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

In life’s mosaic, ‘fragments of possibility’

Imagine – scarlet. Bring it to mind in all its richness. Sit with this vivid, intense color, and let it speak to you. Now, fuchsia. And then, magenta. Try azure. And in a while, w...

DATE: Jan 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

I wonder ...

For those of you who read this column somewhat regularly you know that I wonder a lot. I wonder about a lot of things, some of them worth writing about, most of them not. I wonder...

DATE: Nov 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way