Sunday Morning Ruminations

 This was originally written in 2011.  I thought at that point that I would never pastor a church again. Some Sunday morning rumination or rambling or whatever … There is still that feeling of pain deep in my heart. Perhaps it is disappointment in myself, thinking...

Mom …

Mom I see you … I hear you You are just beyond my reach It is maddening to be so close And yet so far away You have loved me tenderly, relentlessly, fiercely As only a mother can love And yet it is not enough Life pulls us apart geographically socially experientially...

How Well Do I Know You?

How well do I know you? I think by now, that I know you well. I’ve told you things that I have never told anyone else Many of those things have been deeply painful Many of those things would bring me grief if you ever told anyone else I guess if you were going to...

Praying By Numbers

Just a little something to share that you might find meaningful.I have begun to "pray by numbers" over the last four years or so. It started with waking in the night. We have a digital clock that projects numbers on the ceiling. For several consecutive...

Blog Migration

I am migrating this blog to a self-hosted WordPress site at www.karlingersoll.com. Thanks to all of you who follow my blog sporadically or faithfully. This season of my life is providing opportunity to write more on a diversity of topics. I hope you’ll find me...