All the Wonders

Jack took up some new hobbies this summer. The one he's enjoying the most is reading. He's working his way through all the greatest dog...

Let my whole being bless the LORD! LORD my God, how fantastic you are! You are clothed in glory and grandeur! You wear light like a robe;...

Once in a blue moon you find some friends (or they find you) Who stand with you through ups and downs thick and thin Who laugh at your...

Since late April I have enjoyed keeping an eye on the Cornel Lab of Ornithology's the live web cam of the nest of a pair of Great Blue...

Grandpa Tom came to the U.S. when he was ten years old. Because his family arrived in the chaos of the United State's entry into World...

I saw this pine cone on a walk yesterday near the Colorado cabin where I'm vacationing. I've been coming to this cabin all my life....

We greet the morning Fresh and new the day begins Grant us your presence

I'll never think of the ashes for Ash Wednesday in the same way again -- ever since I asked our confirmation class members to assist me...

My dad (Charles H. Richardson) passed away at 9:53 a.m. on Wednesday, December 7. I was on my way to the airport to fly to Oklahoma. I...

Jack's friend, Tracy, called early this week to say that she had a job for Jack. Tracy needed help with Sammy the maltipoo puppy who was...

Jack does not like windy days. There are strange noises. Leaves start chasing you down the street for no good reason. And Very Scary...

To you I lift up my eyes, you who are enthroned in the heavens. - Psalm 123:1 (NRSV)

Today is my dad's 82nd birthday. He's on a difficult journey with Alzheimer's. The person we knew is slipping away, bit by bit. I am many...

This is a repost from my article on Alive Now's blog I starting practicing centering prayer in February as I was working on the...

I recently went out of town on a trip, so Jack (and Spec) got to go to Tracy's house for a week. Her house is much more fun than his at...

This is a repost from the Alive Now blog. Jesus set such a seemingly impossible standard when he said, "Love your enemies and pray for...

My mom (Marty) and grandma both raised African Violets. I particularly remember the little plant stand in the east window of Grandma Ida...

350 dead. ... 1,000 dead. ... 10,000 dead in one prefecture. Trains, boats, entire villages washed away. Thousands missing. How many will...

This was my first-ever published writing -- in the "Patterns" issue of alive now! J/F 1985. I wrote this following my mom's last trip to...

This week I paged the January/February 2011 issue of Alive Now. "Paging an issue" is when the editor sits down with all the potential...