6 days ago
Robbers, Cons, and Thieves
(a Steve Orr scripture reflection) What is it with Hollywood making folk heroes out of very real bad guys? In Butch Cassidy and the...
7 days ago
UNDERLINING
Several years ago, I was attending an anthropology conference in New Orleans, and I was rooming with Professor Kenneth Pike, who for many...
Oct 30
Saints Along the Uragami
(a Steve Orr scripture reflection) Japan banned Christianity from the mid-17th to late-19th century. Before that ban, a large Christian...
Oct 30
Bridges to Belonging Report
Reflecting on my experiences from our first community gathering, I was struck by the questions posed by our group speakers and the...
Oct 22
Radiators Against the Cold
(a Steve Orr scripture reflection) Mrs. Maguire’s algebra class wasn’t just cool. Some days it was downright cold! Our spritely...
Oct 22
MORE DREAMS AND DREAMERS
Many years ago, I was challenged by the words of Gandhi to the missionary E. Stanley Jones, as reported in Jones’s book, ...
Oct 15
Lincoln's So-Called Cow
(a Steve Orr Lectionary reflection) I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than...
Oct 15
HOT AIR BALLOONS
Each October, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta takes place. It “creates an enchanted world of special shape balloon rodeos,...
Oct 8
Alone
(a Steve Orr scripture reflection) To say the old man struggled would be to use too light a word. “Struggled,” “wrestled,” “fought”;...
Oct 8
OLD (AND YOUNG) MEN DREAM
I have always been a dreamer, and I may have passed this “gift” on to my daughter and other family members. I am often back in PNG, and...