When I had the privilege of presiding at the wedding of a seminary president and a professor of Homiletics, both dear friends, I told them, in the homily, that I wasn’t nearly as concerned about the long-time viability of their relationship as I was about how in the world they would manage the challenge of […]
Downsizing a Library
Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: Anne Fadiman, Barbara Brown Taylor, Books, Frederick Buechner, Gustav Aulen, Joseph Sittler, Karl Barth, Kathleen Norris, Libraries, Literature, martin marty, Paul Tillich, Reading
Hold to the Good 
Beach Reading: 2016 Edition
There is something about being at the beach, in addition to virtually commanding one to slow down, sit, look, listen and ponder the magnificence of creation, that has always invited me to read. It has always been that way, even with five children and assorted friends to feed, supervise and entertain, when whatever reading I […]