Bob GuffeyApr 28The Wounded GodThomas’ encounter with the Risen Christ can teach us what it means to be the Church today. Like Thomas, we are disciples who have not yet...
Bob GuffeyApr 27Good DoubtFor many Christians, doubt is a word that reflects failure, especially when it comes to their faith. I know many who have questioned...
Bob GuffeyApr 26Thomas Was Wounded, Not DoubtingIt took a while for me to get to know Thomas. For years, I knew of him by the wholly inappropriate nickname, Doubting Thomas. Growing up...
Bob GuffeyNov 17, 2021Words for Weary SoulsHildegard of Bingen was a Christian teacher, writer, composer, and spiritual visionary, who was born in Germany at the end of the 11th...
Bob GuffeyNov 10, 2021A Prayer for Gospel Communion (All Saints)All Saints Day Sundays have become among the most meaningful Sundays of our year in worship for me. Remembering those we have lost, who...
Bob GuffeyAug 16, 2021Love v. HateHate may fill the hole in a wounded soul, but just for a while. It may fire a sense of purpose and drive. It may be the admission ticket...
Bob GuffeyApr 7, 2021The Day after the ResurrectionIt had been one of those nights when it felt as if, with enough of a shove, the entire world might split at the seams, coming apart, with...
Bob GuffeyNov 4, 202010 Ways to Make a Difference (Small Things Matter)As our time apart due to the pandemic goes on, I’ve been wondering what exactly this experience is doing to us, not just physically, but...
Bob GuffeyOct 28, 2020Heaven (on Earth) Is Like Could I just tell you a story today? I’ve been thinking about heaven a lot lately. Maybe it’s the wars. Maybe it’s the sense that the...
Bob GuffeySep 2, 2020A High, Safe Place (Not Far from Tatooine)When Susanna, our daughter, was quite young she would sometimes bring me things she would want me to place high on the top shelf of my...
Bob GuffeyJul 1, 2020Impressions on the SoulToday, I’ve been thinking about the gift of family and feeling grateful, especially, to have artists, poets, sculptors, and potters in...
Bob GuffeyMay 9, 2019Grief, Fierce CompanionGrief is sometimes a fierce companion; love mixed with tenacity, patience (and sometimes surrender) is what gets you through. There are...
Bob GuffeyOct 23, 2018It Is Who You Are and What You Do“A single person is missing for you and the whole world is empty.” The line is by Joan Didion and is found in her book, The Year of...
Bob GuffeySep 1, 2018In Our Current Situation in the World, This Is Still TrueIf you want the world to be a good place, you need to live to your best to be a good person. If you want the world to be a loving place,...
Bob GuffeyApr 28, 2017About Grief and Being HumanIn my life and in ministry, I have learned a lot about grief. What I have learned that is most important about grief can be summed up in...
Bob GuffeyMar 7, 2017“if this was the last day of your life”if this was the last day of your life what would you do? if this was the last day to taste a peach or a strawberry? the last day to smell...