Posts by pwsadmin
The Loss of One’s Soul
“For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life?” This quote from Jesus appears in Mark 8 and Matthew 16 and the word “life”…
Read MoreWhen Religion + Misogyny + Politics
Many of you may know that I am taking some sabbatical time and working on a number of writing projects that have been stagnating on my computer for a while.…
Read MorePure Joy
I have been a wrestler since I was a freshman in high school; I had to miss my senior year because of an injury, but still wrestled at a small…
Read MoreIgnorance on Display
Thirty years ago, I was hired as the 1/4-time chaplain at Albright College, a United Methodist college in Reading, PA. One of my tasks was to organize the Baccalaureate service…
Read MoreNon-Sequitur
A friend of mine told me years ago about a funny thing his family did; I think it was his grandmother, but I am not sure. Anyway, when someone said…
Read MoreAgainst All Odds
Update: Kerri Sturg was the one who injured herself. I was in a hotel exercise room the other day for my morning wake-up session. I have my aches and pains…
Read MoreThere Was No Angel
As I have written before, I have agreed and disagreed with every president during my lifetime. That means when my brain was registering that kind of thing so since Pres.…
Read MoreWe are all in the gray
I consider myself to be left of center on almost every issue, which should be obvious to anyone who knows me. If you are a liberal in Iowa, you might…
Read MoreThinking Things Through
One of the gifts and curses of my life is that my brain works on hyper-drive. That doesn’t mean it is better or smarter than others; on the contrary, most…
Read MoreAging and Dying
I thought I would put you in a happy mood with my title today. These are two subjects I have written about before because they are, and always have been,…
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