Morning routines. We all have them. Unless you’re like Pentecostals and contemporary worship folk who say they have no order of worship or liturgy. They

Someday I’m going to compile a list of “Christian words” which need a 200 year time out — mothballed until they can be brought out

Every now and again and again, I offer here a buffet of little notes. So please line up to see what looks tasty to you,

Back in the day when I was a faithful mass transit rider, the best bus route for me dropped me about ten blocks away from

The soup ladle pictured above is from Bonnemaman’s girlhood home. Bonnemaman was my wife’s lovable, buoyant grandmother whose life came up a few months short

Don’t try to figure out your own life. That’s too much. The most we can hope for is to try to figure out our parents.

The first football game I ever attended in Iowa pitted the Dutch against the Norse. Who knew such strong ethnic sentiments still persisted? Team names

Can a flailing, often failing, young Muslim man present the most appealing portrayal of “religion” on recent television? A millennial from an immigrant family in

I’m satisfied with just a cottage belowA little silver and a little goldBut in that city where the ransomed will shineI want a gold one