This letter is for Glenn House, a true elder of Westwinds.   You have worked hard, in hard circumstances, teaching people to love. You’ve taught them to love one another,…

I wrote this letter to my artist-friend Heidi Rhodes, the only person I know who loves weirdness as much as I do.   You enjoy fantasy—elves, dragons, myths, and lore….

I will sing of your love and justice, Lord. I will praise you with songs. I will be careful to live a blameless life— when will you come to help…

Charles and Alex [soon-to-be] Sharrer and have asked me to perform their ceremony. This letter isn’t the wedding sermon I’ll deliver Labor Day weekend, but it’s just as personal and…

This letter was written to Jeremy Norwood, my friend and stalwart advocate for social justice.   You are I both hate it when people look down on others. We hate…

Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. It is useless…

I wrote this letter to one of our Westwinds’ sons, Collin Martoia, who has flown south and done great things.   You’re an achiever. You might not feel like it….

Praise the Lord! Let all that I am praise the Lord. I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my…

I wrote this letter for my dear friends, Jason and Erin Kreger. They’ll probably read it and think every metaphor is a euphemism for something very, very different.   You…

This letter’s for Darcie Burdick, a young gal at The Winds who’s so full of life I sometimes think she’s two people.   Have you ever seen one of those…

For the Lord is God, and he created the heavens and earth and put everything in place. He made the world to be lived in, not to be a place…