All the Wonders

Thirty years ago today I joined the staff of The Upper Room as assistant editor of Alive Now magazine. I was awarded the generous,...

In my book of blessings I have the honor of sharing part of my maternal father's story. Tom Wilson and his family (brother Jack, sister...

With gratitude I traveled the holy path To Iona. Remembering the ones Who journeyed here by boat, Who scraped out lives From dirt, from...

Yesterday in church (Edgehill United Methodist Church) I led A Litany for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. But in my mind I was also hearing...

Margaret Elizabeth Wilson Richardson1939-1983 Mom, today is the day you were born. I celebrate you. Epiphany child, you were Born in the...

Took walks up and down the river canyon. Poked around and remembered. Watched the chipmunks. Took pictures. Knit a prayer shawl. Played...

Every year, as a Clergy member of the Rocky Mountain Conference of the United Methodist Church, I travel to Colorado for Annual...

As we grow older we have more and more people to remember, people who have died before us. It is very important to remember those who...

Among the many blessings I received at last week's 5-day Academy for Spiritual Formation on the Psalms was the presence of a friend who...

I wait each spring, watching the buds grow on Grandpa's peony, flown from Oklahoma to Tennessee, tucked in a plastic grocery bag when I...

Mom died on this day in 1983. I was in Divinity School that fall and wasn't with her when she passed away. In July, she had learned that...

Joy of Spring, Grandpa's peony Unfurls its first bloom. My heart soars, Memories surround, Thankful for family, for life. Praise Beauty,...

Dad passed away two years ago today. He had been in an Alzheimer's decline for quite a while and though we knew it was the end, we didn't...

Today is the 30th anniversary of my mom's death. It's so strange to have her frozen in time at age 48. I wonder what wisdom she would...

I'm still celebrating my saints. Today, Dad would have been 84 years old. I'm grateful for the gifts he gave me: My love of "the family...

Shining, brave, kind, Loving, human. We remember. Amen.

My dad -- Charles H. Richardson -- passed away one year ago today. I grew up watching him every Sunday morning as he led worship in...

My mom passed away 29 years ago today. I was in seminary in Nashville and she was in Oklahoma. We had learned during the summer that her...

Grandpa Tom came to the U.S. when he was ten years old. Because his family arrived in the chaos of the United State's entry into World...

I saw this pine cone on a walk yesterday near the Colorado cabin where I'm vacationing. I've been coming to this cabin all my life....