The crosses hanging are an invitation to serve communion. If they are both gone, the roles have been filled. It seemed nobody was up for serving communion the day after Alex was killed.   I saw both Salvadoran painted crosses as I entered the sanctuary—not technically late, but certainly running close.  I wondered who would volunteer, and why were they both still hanging?  Could I be the one to do it?    I slid a cross off the hook and Tom thanked me.  He was maybe not up fo

Be the salt

You may or may not have missed me on the blog last month.  May is always busy, if you know or have children of any age.  End of school...

making the "right" decisions with our purchases

Do our consumer choices really matter?

Apolitical comfort food; as always better the next day

It will know you got some money, somewhere, and entropy will ensue. In residency, we were paid every 2 weeks. This meant that a few times...

Minnesota has > 10,000 lakes.  The Minnesota dream for many is a cabin getaway. When you are semi-comfortable in life, you find a lake...