Gratitude to Whom or What?
We have a bird feeder outside our bedroom window. It gets empty often. I try to fill it promptly and when I do, the sparrows, blackbirds and woodpeckers return almost ...
The Big Me
I recently observed my 74th birthday. On one level, I feel it. My wife and I joke about our “pain of the week.” Being retired, I have limited contact with ...
The Search for God and the Sense of Loss
As a young man I worked part of a summer in a cemetery, mostly cutting grass and pulling weeds. I had to help dig graves a couple of times and ...
Fleetwood Mac a “religious experience?”
Believe it or not, I recently attended my first “rock” concert. Even though the Fleetwood Mac performers are nearly as old as me, culturally the experience was like a visit to ...
Belief: The Least Interesting Part of Faith?
Although I’m not fond of describing faith as a “mystery,” I must acknowledge that it is, like “love,” a nebulous word whose meaning is difficult to nail down. It means ...
Religion without God?
The search for God, to say nothing of belonging to a religion, has its costs. It requires sincerity, perseverance and patience, with oneself and with God. And it requires a ...