Pastor Mitty visits his widowed sister-in-law on Mother's Day.

Once again, making money trumps spirituality.  The commercialization of Mother's Day.

Pastor Mitty's attempt to invite Bernie to come to his church turns into a lesson on communication.

On a walk with Michael last Monday, Pastor Mitty sees different sides of Earth Day.

Pastor Mitty's emotional weather changed like Chicago's weather on Earth Day.

Often, charitable giving is like a sprint.  In response to a disaster, people with a rush of emotion and giving, but it doesn't last long.  The CROP planning, all of whom are volunteers, act like marathon runners.  They are in it for the long haul.

One shade to the right of "nones" on the religious spectrum are what I call "open minded believers."  Here is the story of one of them.

Pastor Mitty finds part of an answer in the well informed futility syndrome.

The interfaith service in Boston yesterday was nice, but it wasn't worship.

Pastor Mitty tried to distract himself by watching TV last Monday night but all that was on was news up the bombings in Boston.