Current Affairs

  • Your Inner Spark

    Last Sunday, while walking with my granddaughter, we met a father with two little girls walking towards us – heading towards the ice cream store at the beach.  One of the girls seen the big cone and asked her dad… Continue reading

  • Out Loud

    I have been thinking about breaking the silence ever since a group called "Voices Unmuted" was formed. A group whose Mission is to protect innocent children from sexual abuse within the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church (OALC).   There is a… Continue reading

  • A Letter to You.

    There is a group of individuals who are concerned about the lack of reporting sexual assaults in the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church – and I can only hope there is a similar group in the First Apostolic Lutheran Church.  … Continue reading

  • What is Indifference.

    Victims are speaking out in the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church – and Abusers are being arrested. This – I hope starts to trickle into the First Apostolic Lutheran Church.   Adult children of abuse – unmuting their voices. I cheer… Continue reading

  • Remained true.

    In the basement on the bottom shelf were piles of photo albums – dating back to the 1970's  - 55 years ago – parts of my life caught in a photo.   In the mix are friends, family and now… Continue reading

  • God’s Free Will

    Women's rights are a tricky subject – because what is actually being talked about IS not her by herself.  She is unable to find herself pregnant without a man. She can't make a baby on her own – the man… Continue reading

  • Peace on Earth

    We Vote today – a choice we will have to make – we vote each time there is a decision in our lives, our choices reflect our values and our morals. Our vote typically aligns with our energy. The candidate… Continue reading

  • Consequences of the Choice

    “Cycles exist because they are excruciating to break. It takes an astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern. Sometimes it seems easier to just keep running in the same familiar circles – than facing the possibility… Continue reading

  • Rattles Your Beliefs

    "Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable." –Cesar Cruz   This reimagining of DaVinci's Last Supper, has hit some buttons – as great art should. Art truly should disturb the comfortable and to comfort the disturbed.  It is… Continue reading

  • Freedom Waited for Me to Act

    With the freedom of speech  comes the responsibility to  listen With the freedom of belief comes the responsibility to  accept With the freedom from want comes the responsibility to  serve And with the freedom from fear comes the responsibility to … Continue reading