Well this week it was time to tear down the garden. 🪴 I always enjoy tear-down-the-garden-day — for while I enjoy planting a garden and encouraging things to grow, after a summer of weeding, fertilizing, watering and weeding; I am ready to be with done with it. Did I mention the weeding? Stupid weeds… Our… Read More »

Something happened last week that disturbed me deeply, and for the last several days I have wrestled with whether or not I should write about it in my ponderings.  So, I have reflected… I have prayed… and ultimately decided that I should address it… so here goes… A week ago today, while attending a political… Read More »

There is a really compelling scene in the movie “Superman Returns” that really impacts me every time I watch it (you can find it on YouTube).  Superman takes Lois Lane on a magical ride high up above the city of Metropolis not long after she had written a column in The Daily Planet called, Why… Read More »

In John 1, the author records the events surrounding Jesus’ invitation for some of his followers to become his disciples.  In Jesus’ day, a Jewish Rabbi would extend invitations to people to sit under his teaching and those people would be considered the Rabbi’s disciples.  Disciple literally means student, and these students would learn under… Read More »

DISCLAIMER: Possible Mental Health Triggers My heart broke this week as I read about the alleged suicide of Emily Gold.  Emily discovered fame as a leader on the Los Osos High School dance team that performed on America’s Got Talent.  She was a bright, energetic girl — a cheerleader and a good student.  She was… Read More »

When I was in 10th grade I had my first fight in school… believe me… it wasn’t something I wanted!  It happened right after my wood shop class.  There was this kid at our school named Horace Hausenbaucher… I’m serious here… I am not making up that name…. Kids in our school called him Orriville… Read More »

Well, I had a very challenging week and because my schedule failed to keep up with the budget of time this pondering is one that I wrote four years ago.  Please forgive me for the double dip, but perhaps the thoughts will be meaningful for some today; even if it is recycled. Once, when Jesus… Read More »

His work was almost completed.  Every prophecy of his coming and life on earth had been fulfilled, and now all that remained were the ones concerning his death and inevitable resurrection.  While fully God, Jesus was also fully human, so it would be only natural for him to have felt apprehension at the coming anguish… Read More »