Art
Deliverance - A painting
A cancer patient shared a dream with me. He said he was in bed asleep next to his wife when he became aware that the bed had turned into quicksand...
Spiritual Life
Lessons from a blade of grass
Today I was told to take a walk, notice something and listen to what it might say to me. I knew I would find something and draw it but I...
Missions
Retirement or Missions? Some thoughts and learnings
Voices inside and out tell me to make plans about retiring. I do feel that a season of my life is ending but I also find that I am looking...
Learning From Judson
What I Know
There is a sense in which everything important that I know, I know because of Lew and Judson: Because of my sons I know pain and joy I know the...
New
Panama 2012: Prayer "cures" motion sickness
Something I learned years before while walking a labyrinth saved me from motion sickness in Panama in the summer of 2012. On our first full day in Panama Sue Smith...
Dreams
A Glimpse into Heaven
I’m not sure even how to talk about it. I wasn’t dreaming. I was wide awake. It wasn’t exactly a daydream. I guess it was a vision. When I try...
Art
Poem: Laity Lodge Artist Retreat 2011
MUSIC, ART and ARCHITECTURE… the Frio River I close my eyes and listen: From my right nearby lapping on a metal canoe From my left a different rhythm on a...
Learning From Lew
GRIEF BURSTS............February 4, 2011
Shortly after I went to work at the hospice where I am a chaplain, I learned about “grief bursts” from the Bereavement Coordinator. I hadn’t heard the definition but I...