Insights of a Thoughtful Life 

Reflective thoughts, original poems and cultural commentary–posted weekly

Read: Why Don’t We Share the Resurrection Story Today?

When a culture celebrates Easter, why does the church so often struggle to tell the resurrection story clearly? This coming Sunday, April 5, is Easter Sunday in our country.  In the stores we see “Easter Eggs” and baskets being displayed.  In the media we see Easter Sunday being promoted.  Indeed, one of our early family’s […]

Read: Resurrection

  Quietness descended over our group like a thick fog in spring.  Laden with spices and heavy hearts, each of us retreated to our own private thoughts as we neared the tomb. It was a time for reflection—Jesus!  What did all of this mean? Something was new this year.  At the Passover feast Jesus used […]

Read : How Can the Church Recover the Resurrection Story?

Why has the church’s clearest message grown faint—and how can it be heard again? “The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air.”  Not only has my cultural world changed since I grew up in the 1940’s and 1950’s, but the religious […]