March 20th marked Naw Ruz, the Baha’i New Year, and it has me thinking about fresh starts and changes. It seems very natural to me to...

A WPM story I heard suggested that changes in policing will not happen from the top-down, but by changing our local police departments...

“And this is what we know for certain: ‘It’s the lower jaw that moves.’” (Victor Hunter and Lanny Hunter, Stories of Desire and...

One of the hardest funerals I have ever performed was the result of an instant moment of death. A tired father was driving on a long...

When I arrived in Wyoming to serve the United Methodist Churches that I have been appointed to serve in Powell and Lovell, I was warned –...

I was really looking forward to November 3rd. For one thing, it’s my birthday. I thought that the election would be over, I would not be...

Our nation has been through a turbulent time over these past few weeks. Besides the ongoing pandemic that threatens to be with us...

In referring to the book “Interfaith Leadership: A Primer”, by Eboo Patel, he breaks Interfaith into two parts, “Inter” and “Faith”, with...

The election is over, the end of the pandemic is in sight, and while there is still much work to do, at this time of year we turn our...

Many times, we hear and read stories in the news about violent crime and think, ‘that only happens to other people.’ The reality is, it...

The Wyoming Interfaith Network recently held its 2020 annual meeting. The theme was “Restoring Hope-Combatting Racism Through Interfaith...

It was winter of 1977 when I first arrived as an Episcopal priest in the state of Wyoming. I agreed to serve a tiny parish in the even...

Do you ever feel like you are in survival mode with all the conflict bombarding us in the news, social media, and even in our personal...

This is the first of a series of my weekly messages (as my turn to write comes along) to explore the content of a book given to me by our...

I have counseled couples who lost their child—by cancer, accident, suicide. All I know and feel is that “This is the greatest grief of...

Each of our faith traditions, backgrounds, or stories move us toward some greater than ourselves. As a Christian in the Episcopal...

The percentage of Americans who wear corrective lenses to improve their eye sight runs high. If you don’t wear glasses to facilitate your...

This started out to be just another weekly message from yours truly, but as I dug into the reams of information available out there, I...

Five years ago I attended my first Talking Circle, which was at the close of a two day conference on the Wind River Indian Reservation...

To state the obvious: We are living in strange times. Most of us who have devoted our lives in the service of religious leadership are...