VISIBLE SCARS

Our home is like a beautiful “storage room”, we have a lot of stuff.  But I can...

MY FRIEND, MICHAEL

Each June (PRIDE month) I think about my friend, Michael.  Michael was a conductor, chorus master,...

THE SONG I HAVE BEEN GIVEN

So, the other day I saw something on television that triggered a memory of a particular...

SALTY

One of the best things about bacon (and my other addictions: popcorn, Fritos, and crackers) is...

THE MOUNTAIN

It was May 18, 1980, when Mount St. Helens erupted.  It was a Sunday, early in the...

THE BEST OF DAYS, THE WORST OF DAYS

What I have always called, “the best day/the worst day” actually began the night before. It...

CROSSFIT

In my office at church I have a wall filed with crosses.  Some are big, some...

INCUBATOR by Rev. Ken Rickett

I am old enough to remember when, in 1957, Alan Shepherd was lifted into space and...

Recently I was in Inverness, Scotland. It was my first trip to the U.K. and my...

THE TITANIC, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, AND JULIUS CAESAR

Ahhh…April 15th…TAX DAY!  Is it a coincidence that the TITANIC sank AND Lincoln was assassinated on...