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04/12/2026

Was You There, Charlie?

My grandfather, Charles Gross, was quite a raconteur, noted for his tall tales and elaborate embroidering of things that had actually happened. He was a master storyteller. With a wry grin and a twinkle in his eye he would launch into relating something that had happened at the funeral home where he worked after retirement from the Lodi post office. Or a story about someone at his Odd Fellows meeting the other night, or a rumor that someone had passed along....

My grandfather, Charles Gross, was quite a raconteur, noted for his tall tales and elaborate embroidering of things that had actually happened. He was a master storyteller. With a…

04/05/2026

Christ the Gardener

We are sometimes blindsided by moments of complete and utter terror. I remember such a night over at our neighbor Jorie’s house where several of us junior high school kids had gathered to watch a new TV program, “The Sea Around Us” in living color. Her family had the only color TV in the neighborhood. At one point, during an intermission, we broke for snacks that her mother had made....

We are sometimes blindsided by moments of complete and utter terror. I remember such a night over at our neighbor Jorie’s house where several of us junior high school kids had gathered to wat…

04/02/2026

This Night

In the Passover liturgy, the youngest son at the meal asks the seminal question, “Why is this night different from all others?” The narrative of the Passover, the haste in being ready at a moment’s notice to leave Egypt, the hurried meal, so rushed that the dough for the bread has no time to rise. The night of death that hovers about the fleeing families as they hear the howls of anguish from those families touched by the Angel of Death....

In the Passover liturgy, the youngest son at the meal asks the seminal question, “Why is this night different from all others?” The narrative of the Passover, the haste in being ready at a moment’s…

03/30/2026

The Summons of the Via Dolorosa

Today, my issue of the Living Church arrived and on the front cover was a picture of the “Harrowing of Hell.” This image is from the Icon Museum in Recklinghausen, Germany, artist unknown. In the Apostles Creed, one line reads, “he descended to the Underworld” – which we interpret to mean “to the dead” – or to “Hell.” This is taken from the verse in 1 Peter, 4:6....

Today, my issue of the Living Church arrived and on the front cover was a picture of the “Harrowing of Hell.” This image is from the Icon Museum in Recklinghausen, Germany, artist unknown. In…

03/15/2026

I Only Know That…

There’s an old song from the 80s by Boxcar Willie. Born as Lecil Travis Martin, one day sitting at a railroad crossing he saw a boxcar go by and in the door was a fellow who looked like his loading master in the Air Force. Willie Wilson became the inspiration for a second career as Boxcar Willie. And for many years during the Korean War, he had a full-time gig with the Air force, retiring as a Master Sargant....

There’s an old song from the 80s by Boxcar Willie. Born as Lecil Travis Martin, one day sitting at a railroad crossing he saw a boxcar go by and in the door was a fellow who looked like his l…

03/09/2026

The Invitation of Living Water

One of the most foreboding places on this earth is a scorching, dry desert. I remember my first church off the 395 Highway in Randsburg, California. Randsburg in the 1890s had been a thriving gold mining community of over 6000. More gold was taken out of the Yellow Aster Mine on the outskirts of that town than from any other mine in California....

One of the most foreboding places on this earth is a scorching, dry desert. I remember my first church off the 395 Highway in Randsburg, California. Randsburg in the 1890s had been a thriving…

03/01/2026

Journey into the Unknown

The beginnings of ambitious journeys are often beset by missteps and bad luck. Or sometimes splendid serendipity. Nothing certain here – that’s definitely the case with any Lenten journey taken in deep prayerful seriousness. It was certainly the case for one man’s most ambitious journey to capture the presidency of the United States – a journey into the unknown. It should have been a slam dunk....

The beginnings of ambitious journeys are often beset by missteps and bad luck. Or sometimes splendid serendipity. Nothing certain here – that’s definitely the case with any Lenten journ…

02/18/2026

How is it With Your Soul?

Philip Roth wrote a novel set in the 1990s, The Human Stain, being the last of a trilogy on American life. It looks at the messiness of human existence, and how, in finality, there are no complete remakes, no ultimate do-overs. The American myth of self-reinvention is just that – a myth. In many ways, we’re stuck with who we are....

Philip Roth wrote a novel set in the 1990s, The Human Stain, being the last of a trilogy on American life. It looks at the messiness of human existence, and how, in finality, there are no com…

02/15/2026

A Love Affair

He is an organic part of the Torah tradition and in Elijah, a summation of the Word as spoken through the prophets. As with Moses, the real purpose of it all is the work that awaits down off the mountain. The work of liberation. But Peter cannot contain himself. In that sublime moment he lapses into foolishness. He thinks they can stay there forever....

He is an organic part of the Torah tradition and in Elijah, a summation of the Word as spoken through the prophets. As with Moses, the real purpose of it all is the work that awaits down off the mo…

02/02/2026

What Does the Lord Require

In our basic training post at Fort Sam in San Antonio, all of us in Company D-3 were conscientious objectors to be trained as Army Medics. Before going on to our medic training, we went through an 8-week course. Usually in the evening if we didn’t have much homework or Army busywork, we’d head over to the PX and have some beer and pizza....

In our basic training post at Fort Sam in San Antonio, all of us in Company D-3 were conscientious objectors to be trained as Army Medics. Before going on to our medic training, we went throu…

01/18/2026

We’ve Been to the Mountain Top

It was a cold and rainy night in Memphis, Tennessee. As the sanitation workers were given no provision to get out of that weather, two Black workers had taken refuge in the bin at the back of their truck. Inadvertently, they were crushed to death when the compactor mechanism was triggered. It was that incident and the strike that followed that prompted Dr....

It was a cold and rainy night in Memphis, Tennessee. As the sanitation workers were given no provision to get out of that weather, two Black workers had taken refuge in the bin at the back of…

01/12/2026

Our Baptismal Vows

I vividly remember a critical moment in our confirmation class when I served a medium-sized United Methodist Church out in Ridgecrest. As in the Episcopal Church, confirmation is that ritual wherein one claims for oneself the baptismal vows they made, or were made on their behalf if they were infants I had arrived a little late and Kay our secretary had already let the class of about 8 into my office....

I vividly remember a critical moment in our confirmation class when I served a medium-sized United Methodist Church out in Ridgecrest. As in the Episcopal Church, confirmation is that ritual …

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