Hi ~Blessed Advent to you! It may seem odd that on almost-Christmas Eve I'm sending you a message about grieving.I remember, though, the many who are alone or missing loved ones at this family time, primarily because of being rejected, excommunicated...

Hi ~In Untwisting Scriptures that were used to tie you up, gag you, and tangle your mind: Book 2 Patriarchy and Authority, I quoted a song at the end of chapter 5.That's the chapter entitled “To Those in ‘Biblical Patriarchy’: Return to God.”At the e...

Hi ~In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, I've grieved along with many Americans. Of course, like you, I didn't agree with him on everything, and on a few things I disagreed with him strongly. But he was a young man of hope and goodwill. I appreciated...

Hi ~Friday was my 68th birthday. (Yes, it was happy, thank you. We spent the day with our four-and-three-quarters-year-old granddaughter Phoebe and then went to our daughter's house for a birthday supper and games.)Today I'm posting my traditional bi...

Hi ~Here’s Matthew 3:1–2:In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”And here’s the note I wrote next to that verse in my wide-margin Bible back in 1993 when I was 3...