• Five Minute Friday :: Part Linkup When we (you, me, anyone) uses a word that has multiple meanings, it's important to place it ...

For my May 2nd Tuesday day off I visted the Skirball Cultural Center for the first time since Before Covid. Last Tuesday was election...

My sermon from yesterday. Matthew 9:9-13 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection st...

• Five Minute Friday :: Criticize Linkup To criticize or to be critical originally meant to be discerning. Or to judge. Both critici...

• Five Minute Friday :: Deal Linkup "Here's the thing," my coworker often says. And she often reminds me this isn'...

• Five Minute Friday :: Benefit Linkup I've been in contexts where asking people if they receive benefits or bennies (not the dr...

In Spanish La Brea means "the tar." Brea is the word for tar or pitch. La Brea Avenue goes north-south for approximately...

• Five Minute Friday :: Sustain Linkup What has sustained me all these bleak years? Getting out of bed a half hour before first ...