Category: Pondering Peace

Many of us are reluctant to talk about climate change.  There are probably many reasons.  Perhaps we are…

Once again with the coming of the Fourth of July, we are celebrating the birth of our nation…

Some time ago I heard the Secretary of the United States Department of Energy Jennifer Granholm speak on…

Recently on NPR’s All Things Considered I heard Ari Shapiro interview a couple of journalists.  Right near the…

 “And Jesus said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole…

The war in Gaza between the Israeli military and Hamas goes on, now for over four months.  The…

This year I spent part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday reading his speeches and thinking about…

Although three years have passed since the January 6th insurrection at our nation’s Capitol, the threat of political…

As I was pulling out the decorations for Christmas this year, I came across a small box that…

We are entering into the Advent season, a time to welcome into our lives more fully the presence…

Along with much of the world, I have been horrified by the brutal violence that has erupted in…

This past Saturday I attended the KC Climate Summit, an annual event that tracks the progress being made…

Several years ago, as we were driving on a major highway through the Minneapolis area on a vacation…

For freedom, Christ has set us free… For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do…

Zacchaeus – Repentance and Reparations Luke 19: 1-10 The story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19 is a familiar…

Each morning when I step outside I encounter two wondrous aspects of God’s creation – the sun and…