Author: calledtobealive

Giving thanks for flowering trees this springin Minnesota, and for one in particular I plantedIn loving memory just before I moved to the Pacific Northwest, fourteen years ago. There she […]

‘Tis the season of “What’s next?”In the Spirit of ascension we discern our next stepBold to make grace known

Today I give thanksfor having lived long enoughon the Lower Columbia To experience a placewhere the river and the roadsare not a way but home One day a road will […]

Tears have been shed recentlyat the death of loved onesI’ve been privileged to shepherdat Pioneer Presbyterian Church. Yesterday teardrops flowedat news of a dear friend,two years younger,whose body gave way […]

April is National Poetry Month Today on the shore of the Columbia RiverI am pondering the “what is” in my later lifeand what is enough Meditating on this little poem […]

Today I give thanks to God, my wife Carol,and all who encourage me to do my partin our love and care for Mother Earth. On this Earth Daymay we all […]

Earth Day is Coming Soon! Mindful of our call to care for one another and for each of us to do our part as good stewards for the sake of […]

Wednesday is often practice day for our group Strong in Song. Together we rejoice in the marvelous way music unites our one small voice with others in God’s larger song […]

On this day in 1862, President Lincoln signed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, an important step in the long road toward full emancipation and enfranchisement for […]

April is National Poetry Month On this Tax Day, as I imagine myself contributing to the health and wellness of my county, the global community, and Mother Earth, I long […]