Last Sunday afternoon we headed north and hiked the Fifth Falls Trails at Gooseberry State Park again. It was a beautiful sunny day and we were walking a trail that we have come to love. You notice small changes when you walk the same path often. The bunchberries were in full bloom. They added so…
“With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. And you will say in that day, Give thanks to God” Isaiah 12: 3 On Memorial Day we drove north on Highway 61, going past long lines of cars heading south, most of them headed home to the Twin Cities. We felt so lucky…
It’s that time of year again when we have to get our 1978 sailboat ready to launch. I’m a fair weather sailor. I don’t really like our boat to be very heeled over. In my head I know the boat won’t tip all the way over, but I still haven’t learned to trust it in…
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15: 12 – 13 It’s a rainy day here in Santa Fe, but the land seems grateful for the moisture. You can smell it in…
We find ourselves grieving so much these days. We grieve too many deaths from mass shootings, the rising Covid-19 numbers, and the killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center by a police officer. We hold our collective breath as the jury deliberates the verdict for Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd. We are…
In retirement I often find myself reflecting on the many, many people who guided me on my way. One of my favorite people to remember is Trudy. She came into my office my first week on the job as Pastor of Peace Church and handed me a green recipe box. I opened the little tin…
Easter is past, but thankfully Jesus keeps popping up to help us on our journeys as we struggle to be people of hope. There are so many resurrection stories in the bible and in our lives. Luckily, the resurrection was never ever a, “one and done” kind of miracle. One of my favorite resurrection stories…
On Sunday afternoon we walked the trail along Tischer Creek and my husband Tim took this amazing photo. Beautiful icicles stubbornly clung to the branches leaning over the rushing waters of the creek. Afterward as I looked at the picture I thought of the John Prine song, “Make Me and Angel” Make me an angel…
“There the angel of the Lord appeared to Moses in a flame of fire out of a bush”. —Exodus 3:2 I’ve been thinking about Mary Martin a lot this past week. It’s been six years since she died but I still feel her presence some days. She taught me so much in the over 20 years she…
I spent last week walking among the trees. Finn, our four-year-old golden retriever and I spent our days hiking portions of the Superior Hiking Trail, mostly spur trails like Oberg Mountain, Lake Agnes, Section 13 with its incredible views. I love the tree shadows of blue against the snow that sun creates this time of…