Stuff in the Basement

I have plenty of work to keep me busy. On whatever long list of suffering people may exist, I'd be way at the bottom if I showed up a...

In my lifetime, much has changed in church and about church. My parents' view of what they called "close" communion, a su...

Eighteen years ago, on Easter morning, this is how the dawn arose. This Easter post is actually a replay from the wrong Christian holid...

Superlatives are risky, but I can't help thinking this piece of music is as beautiful as anything ever composed, Biebl's "Ave...

Fifty years ago I wrote an essay for him, for the class he was teaching and I was taking--a class in how to teach English. He chewed me o...

It was impossible not to giggle yesterday when Wisconsin's Speaker of the House went on camera in a plastic suit and face mask to pla...

This is all I need to say. We're greatly thankful. All's well.

U. S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, talking about the coronavirus pandemic yesterday on Fox News made a claim that's beyond imaginatio...

Rev. Casey Kuipers and family Whatever you did  for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,  you did for me.’” Ma...

He IS a marvel. Of that, there's no doubt. Love him or hate him--there's no one else quite like him. If Republicans believe Broth...

You'll note right here that the 11th Hour says this Dr. Robert Gallo is "INVOLVED IN RESEARCH PROVING HIV CAUSES AIDS." Th...

Got a gift yesterday, a good one, from a friend who wanted to see what it would take for her to make a mask. She turned out a few, handso...

Here's what's going for us in the back yard right now--spring. Only once a year are we blessed with the gift of emerging life. Th...

I'm calling it Day #18, because the day I couldn't help thinking all of the virus-hex was deadly serious was the day the NCAA tou...

“I am thirsty.” John 19:28  Sometimes people here in the upper Midwest claim we’re blessed with only two seasons: winter and Fourth of J...

My memory has him at second base. I don't know if that's right or not, and if my memory fails me, I'd not be surprised. I jus...