{This blog entry was originally posted on 4-14-2017. It has been slightly revised here.} The Gospels give us detailed records of Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. But little about that Saturday. Silence.   On Good Friday, I think of the death. Brutal. Chaotic. Seemingly final.   I’ve never...

I know many people choose a theme word for the year. I don't usually do that. But this year I chose two! I love the word KINDLE - for obvious reasons. Kindle: to start or feed a fire or to inspire emotion or feeling. Kindling: small twigs used for starting a fire. Kindle is a verb. Kindling...

January in Minnesota always brings to mind winter camping. In my junior year of college, I took a Winter Wilderness Leadership Class. The main focus was preparing for and safely accomplishing a week long expedition in the Boundary Waters - cross-country skiing and camping in tents in northern...