Celebrating a season of creativity. Here is my latest instrumental music. This creative activity keeps me centered and relaxed. It’s fun and enjoyable. Blessings to you who listen to this music.
March 2024
God of love, when life seems uncertain and beyond our control, we believe it is not out of your control. What we can not imagine we can not plan for or take into our hands.
Walk To Emmaus – 001
“Light is less something you see directly, and more something by which you see all other things.” Richard Rohr A few days ago I called a friend and a retired bishop to discuss something. I asked him how he was doing and said, “Jos, I am sleeping well. I get eight hours of sleep every…
February 2024
God of love, this is a season of change. We have traveled through Advent to Christmas to Epiphany and now move towards Lent all in a matter of two months. Teach us to be graceful when we move fast through life that is unpredictable and uncertain. May we celebrate light as we move through Epiphany…
January 2024
God of presence and perseverance, help us become aware of your presence with us in the dark moments of our lives. As we celebrate Epiphany, let us not to be afraid of darkness rather fill us with holy fear that makes us prudent in what we do and entrust unhealthy anxieties into your hands. When…
The Joy Of A Call!
The life of a bishop is pulled into different directions at any given moment. We are expected to be balanced talking slowly, intentionally, carefully, and lovingly while being clear, precise, and concise. Good luck, right? Now I know why I received this one-line response from Bishop Larry Benfield when I wrote to him as a…
A Drop In The Sea…
Within the first hour of the election as the bishop of Idaho, I received a call from the canon to the presiding bishop, the Rev. Mark Stevenson, congratulating me and giving me a little insight into what was coming. This call was followed by a call from the Bishop for Pastoral care in the episcopal…
Finding A Home!
After the initial shock and excitement, I took it easy for a couple of days. There was an enormous sadness that came upon me because as joyful and exciting this call was, I still have to face the people the next day, the people of St. James in Springfield, who loved me dearly and so…
The Challenge of YES!
On February 18th, The night before the election of the 14th Bishop of Idaho, my wife and I decided to relax and have dinner together in a restaurant in Springfield, MO. We had never been there before. It was a cajun restaurant. We ordered our food and it just came in, when I got the…