Jan 8, 2022 | Pondering and Kindling
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” I don’t know when I first heard that word, or who said it. It sounded bold and strong. In reflection, my hunch is that whomever coined that singsong wisdom was probably in some dark...
Jan 3, 2022 | Pondering and Kindling
Our city, Memphis, is known for a lot of things in a lot of different ways; one big way: our music. It’s difficult to argue against the fact that we are the homeplace of “the birth of blues.” Our most famous person among a huge cast of well known musicians is Elvis...
Dec 27, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
In my last blog I talked about the light of Christmas, reflecting on a text of Scripture that has been a source of my Christmas meditation and reflection for over fifty years; For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to...
Dec 20, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
I am sure I had read the particular passage of Scripture before, but it never hit me as it did that day over fifty years ago. It penetrated to the deepest core of my being, enveloped my soul, and has been a part of me since. Every year, during the Advent/Christmas...
Dec 13, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
Persons who know me know I am a fan of Charles Schultz and his Peanut cartoons. He is an inciteful lay theologian. I don’t know anyone who perceives and probes the world of children and garners from it such great truth and wisdom as he in his Peanut cartoons. One...
Dec 6, 2021 | Pondering and Kindling
An article in the November 16 Commercial Appeal had this headline that immediately captured my attention: After guilty plea, student to gets released to treatment program. The story was about a student, during Juvenile Court hearing, pleading guilty of shooting a...
