People have been asking me, “When are you going to tell us about your Wilderness Quest experience in the desert?” I have assured people that words will probably come at some point, but that the experience was so profound that my body feels it more than my head can...

Dear Friends, A month ago one of the members of the presbytery where I serve was featured in a column titled, "Interfaith Voices" of the Democrat Herald, the Albany, Oregon newspaper. The Rev. Diana Vezmar-Bailey spoke of her experiences in the Romanian Orthodox...

Something is happening and it’s not in the church building! Two weeks ago, I attended a live music offering in NE Portland. I do this somewhat regularly—scan the offerings on Google for something new, something nurturing, something soulful. I came across PEIA, a...

I just returned from a soulful and refreshing two-week vacation. Soulful in that my sister and I visited our second mom who continues to languish in memory care after a decade-long slide out of this world. Soulful in that we buried our first mother’s ashes on an...

“A Pilgrim Diary” is dedicated to a certain kind of person or organization—those who find themselves called by Life or God to get out in front; those who have been ordained to pave the way to a new world. I am one of those people. I can’t help myself when it comes to...

A Pilgrim Diary. That will be the new blog title and platform soon to be launched. This is part of how I got there. I had a good conversation with one of our presbytery leaders earlier this week. The conversation confirmed that I am going the right direction with a...