As I travel around the area talking about immigration reform, a common response is the fear the church will become too “political”. I get it—we’re

It was my idea to bring in an expert. For a couple of years in the 90s, I was chair of a board that ran

Thanksgiving in November still feels a bit foreign to me. In the “true north, strong and free” Thanksgiving is celebrated in early October, free of

For most of his life, my grandfather managed an apple orchard. We called it Grandpa’s Orchard, though technically the 200 acres of apples (plus 50-some

The group Three Dog Night had it right: “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do.”   They may also have been onto something in

It’s always lovely when life kinda follows a biblical sort of narrative. And I probably tell more stories that end up with love and joy

Over the phone she said there were some specific things she wanted to talk about when I visited. I wasn’t surprised. Another member, who interacted

Maybe it’s because it’s a cool word: refugia. Re-FU-jee-a. As soon as I mention it, unfailingly, people seem intrigued. When I explain what it means,