A Devotion by Willie Sordillo I write on the evening of the day one of my closest friends for over 40 years died. George was a multi-talented musician whose primary instrument was piano, but who also played double bass, clarinet, sang and could tap dance if called to. He was my musical partner on many […]
Kind Notes
A Devotion by Willie Sordillo The poet Naomi Shihab Nye says: Before you know what kindness really isyou must lose things Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing. More than two months into the altered world of sheltering in place and social distancing, we’re all too […]
Faith into Action
A Lenten Devotion by Willie Sordillo The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:12 We’ve considered “a grove of trees” from a variety of perspectives during this Lenten season. This has […]
The Sting
A Lenten Devotion by Willie Sordillo If there is among you anyone in need, a member of your community in any of your towns within the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your needy neighbor. Deuteronomy 15:7 Though losing friends to death comes with the […]
“Score!”
A Lenten Devotion by Willie Sordillo Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. Deuteronomy 32:2 Sometimes, particularly when we’re young, a few years difference in age can seem like generations. On one of my first days in my new […]
Parent and Child
A Lenten Devotion by Willie Sordillo You show love to thousands but bring the punishment for the parents’ sins into the laps of their children after them. Jeremiah 32:18 When it comes to intergenerational relationships, the sweepstakes winner, the Big Cahuna, the World Series, the jackpot round, the Ten Million Dollar Question, the elephant in […]
Generosity of Spirit
A Lenten Devotion by Willie Sordillo The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death. Proverbs 13:14 Many of the elders I’ve looked up to, learned from, and in a sense, been mentored by are people I’ve never met- people who I’ve known only through their […]
Through the Storm
What are human beings, that you make so much of them, that you set your mind on them, visit them every morning, test them every moment? Job 7:17-18 I worked alongside and became friends with Andy several years before I learned his backstory. I knew him to be a deeply faithful man, a very supportive […]
Steinway of Grace
They were all under the direction of their father for the music in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. I Chronicles 25:6 And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. […]
Refugees
“Make up your mind,” Moab says. “Render a decision. Make your shadow like night— at high noon. Hide the fugitives, do not betray the refugees. Isaiah 16:3 Most of us came to this country from somewhere else, whether in search of a better life or against our will. In a sense, most of us are […]