Richard SkidmoreI CAME UPON A CHILD OF GODThere was a star danced and under it my grandson was born.3 min read·Mar 3, 2023----
Richard SkidmorePresenceInscribed above the door of the Swiss Psychotherapist Carl Jung’s home is the Latin phrase Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus Deus Aderit. “ Bidden…1 min read·Feb 23, 2021----
Richard SkidmoreEpiphanyLet January be a silent month absorbent of sound. Let peace descend. Let this be a time of rest and dreaming a respite from maskless…1 min read·Jan 8, 2021----
Richard Skidmorethe birth of the rebel JesusEvery birth is prodigious in the hearts and minds of those who first love you into the world. Jesus wasn’t the only one. We all of us come…2 min read·Dec 22, 2020----
Richard SkidmoreA Bewilderment of SaintsI missed All Saints Day this year,2 min read·Nov 15, 2020----
Richard SkidmoreMY TOP TEN LIST OF THINGS TO HOLD ONTO IN THE TIME OF COVID-191)There is Something, call it what you will, coursing through the living world that causes our cuts and nicks to close and heal. Flesh…3 min read·May 11, 2020----
Richard SkidmoreO Portlandia!It’s coming on two years since we moved from the Pacific Northwest (land of the trees, home of the crazed) to settle just shy of paradise…2 min read·Aug 12, 2017----
Richard SkidmoreJesus Live Tonight at the Beehive. No Cover.In his autobiography, Music Is My Mistress, Duke Ellington talks about ‘church goin’ as a little kid…3 min read·Apr 12, 2017----