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Got to hang with a ruby-crowned kinglet, white-throated sparrow, blue-grey fly-catcher, some black-capped chickadees, and a few other feathered friends during my walk through Jackson Park this morning.
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A lot of the time, in pastoral counseling situations, I want to say something like, “Well, maybe start by going outside a few times a day.”
Happy earth day everybody. The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.
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“This must be one of the reasons why friends and neighbors who once shared our attentiveness have, over time, allowed their interest to be diverted. It’s hard to keep looking, to keep grieving. There is a sort of numbing comfort that comes with allowing our attention to creep.”
More in my latest newsletter.
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Halfway through Robinson’s Genesis interpretation and not disappointed.
“The covenant would be in continuous peril if it depended for its survival on human loyalty rather than on God’s steadfastness. From a scriptural point of view, this could be said of everything that matters.”
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Halfway through Robinson’s Genesis interpretation and not disappointed.
“The covenant would be in continuous peril if it depended for its survival on human loyalty rather than on God’s steadfastness. From a scriptural point of view, this could be said of everything that matters.”
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I bring along a verse or two of Scripture from the daily lectionary on my sabbath walks. Today’s passage, from Psalm 150, was especially appropriate: “Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!”
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Spring was springing in Jackson Park this morning.
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It’s not out until October, but the new book is now available for preorder.
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Plough is the rare magazine I read cover to cover and the latest issue is no exception.
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Well, the forthcoming book has a title, Plundered: The Tangled Roots of Racial and Environmental Injustice.
Here are some of the assumptions behind the title.
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Christmas afternoon walk along the Lake Michigan breakwater.
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From this morning’s sermon: “We plan calendars; God plans galaxies. We plan timelines; God plans lifetimes. We plan appointments; God plans seasons. We plan long-term strategies; God plans from alpha to omega. We plan tasks and to-do lists, God plans the overthrow of sin, death, and the devil.”
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The fog covering Chicago today has Jackson Park looking especially evocative.
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It was 13° during my walk through Jackson Park this morning and this American Kestrel was using its beautiful down coat effectively against the wind.
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Always lovely to return home to some highly anticipated mail.
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Views from the drive home. Such an interesting and perplexing country we share, isn’t it? See you next time, Tennessee.
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I’ve been reflecting on the tendency to reduce grievous complexity to simple binaries. I think, for some, it has to do with emotional immaturity born of cultural privilege.
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Testing out the new balaclava today with the hope of extending the bike commute deeper into Chicago’s chilly months.
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Jackson Park looking seasonally splendid this morning.
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A beautiful morning for a walk through Jackson Park.
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A couple of my companions during my walk through Jackson Park this morning.
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Lake Geneva, WI looking good in the morning light.
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A leisurely walk through Jackson Park on a drizzly Chicago morning.
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Got to hang out with a couple of ruby-throated hummingbirds during my walk this afternoon.
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On the hottest day of the year, the only reasonable thing to do was to take an after-supper bike ride to the lake for a quick dip before grabbing some ice cream on the way home.
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