Several year’s ago, I took and participated in Lay Speaking classes at my church. (Remind me tell you about my 90-year-old friend Frank, who took some of the courses with me.) I thought I’d {re}share this liturgy with you today. Personal Liturgy (The background) Last Saturday, I got up earlier than usual to make my…

Reckon. We said it in Oklahoma. “I reckon I’ll go visit my relatives.” “I reckon I’ll go to the grocery store.” We reckon again and again. As I was counting up the days of my writing for this blog, I reckoned that I was about halfway through the year. In reality, I’m more than halfway…

One of the parables that Jonathan Merritt turned on its head was the story of the lost sheep and the lost coin. Learning to Speak God from Scratch taught me to think differently about the term “lost.” Like Merritt, in most of the retellings I’ve heard the responsibility of the sheep’s and the coin’s lost…

Re-spoon is a totally made up word. And, since re-stir is also of questionable origin we’re stuck with what I can make up today. Keck and I frequent a restaurant in which only one spoon is placed in one of the place settings rolled in a linen napkin. Like playing Russian Roulette, you never know…

My mom gave me the word for today, when she asked me why, after reading scripture for years, that she saw something completely new. I told her I think it’s because scripture is like a gem, with many facets. One day you read it and you see something clearly and the next time you read…

Sometimes life is strange and surprising. Coincidentally, while our drain was being installed in the yard, our air conditioning stopped working. We called the repairman. A great guy who quickly figured out that it was the thermostat, and that our personal home repairman, Keck, could easily install it. We went to the Home Depot, five…

Republic isn’t really an again or back work — but to enjoy living in the United States there are things I need to do again and again. One definition of a republic is: “A government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and…

Tonight I cooked dinner after Keck and I ran to pick up the dry cleaning and some medicine. It being so light and bright this time of year, I wore my sunglasses on our short trip. I made a veg and steak one pan on the stove. Most of the veg was frozen but I…