Category Archives: Weekly Ponderings

Pondering patriarchy’s seed at SCOTUS this week…. http://www.riverwater.net/hidden-plain-sight-seed-patriarchy-cooper-scotus/

Last night I joined the millions of Americans who’ve experienced Spielberg’s magnum opus, Schindler’s List.  It was the twentieth anniversary of this renowned movie and I confess that it took twenty years to find the courage to watch. While devoid … Continue reading →

Yesterday I drove past a neighborhood church sporting the sign, “Jesus paid the price… you can keep the change.”  Disconcerting was the dissonance between the progressive denomination (United Church of Christ) and the regressive theology invoked (sacrificial atonement).  Having walked … Continue reading →

Once upon a time when I was a young math teacher in a small college town, I lived in the upstairs apartment of an old house and an interesting grad student lived downstairs. Don had a bumpersticker on his refrigerator … Continue reading →

The bane and blessing of aging is the growing collection of rearview mirrors.  The mirrors are precious because they hold the sweet memories of our baby’s touch and the first kiss of our beloved.  The mirrors are also painful as … Continue reading →

1. Swan Song A swansong is the exquisite burst of music at the close of a silent life, at least according to ancient legends about the swan. So it is with amusement that after a lifetime of making words come … Continue reading →

A story is told of an old man who falls into a raging river just above the rapids.  His friends frantically reach for him as the current carries him toward danger.  Helpless they watch as his lifeless body is plunged … Continue reading →

“In my end is my beginning.”  - T.S. Eliot On Friday I received the news: my sewing machine was irreparable.  It was a simple machine and old, but it represents so much of who I am that as I listened … Continue reading →