On this page you may find some of our own thoughts and words, our “scrip and scrippage.” If you would like to respond to or share your ideas about anything we’ve written, please use the form on the Contact page. You may also use the Contact form to inquire about our availability for speaking, mentoring, or conversation.
“When strangers and foreignersreside among you in your land,do not mistreat them.The strangers and foreignersresiding among youmust be treated as your native-born.Love them as yourself,for you were strangers and foreignersin… Read more: Let the Strangers Be Removed
A 2014 interview with Luci Shaw published in Image Journal Two poems by Luci Shaw “You” You rinse your hands, hand over hand,and shake the water off. It rains.You toss… Read more: Luci Shaw
Below are links to text, audio, and video of a Fall 2025 sermon series Steve preached at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Rock Tavern, NY, on the Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, Lust,… Read more: The Seven Deadly Sins
July 30, 2024 Lynda called. She has called every year for the past 25 years. On my birthday. I first met Lynda when Steve started seminary over 35 years ago. … Read more: Lynda Remembered
June 10“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life,in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the… Read more: Rocks & Rills
banner photo credit: Greg Wilson. Used with permission
“Scrip and Scrippage” comes from Touchstone, the jester in Shakespeare’s As You Like It (III.ii), and refers to whatever writing (poems, songs, clever retorts) a clown may conjure.
Touchstone was brilliantly played by Bill Moose, Steve’s long-time mentor, father, and friend. Steve hopes in this small way to honor him.
Let us make an honourable retreat; though not with bag and baggage, yet with scrip and scrippage.
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