Author: calledtobealive

I went to his door again today101 and still not donepraying for another day’s work if he mayas we watched his donkey grazing in the sun

First it was a sleeping machineThen it became clear I need aids to hearNow I have to have a pacemaker implanted Laugh as I may, all this prompts todaybig feelings […]

This holiday weekend gives me pause to ponderwhy in the midst of so many distractions I yearnfor some hard task to quite my mind and make me whole But doesn’t […]

Celebrating the Spirit of Lovewith simple words and gentle acts of kindness,a year-around language all can understand

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 […]