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  • The River

    "Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water." These words of Jesus pierced the hard rock of my desert soul decades ago as I wandered in a wilderness of doubt and disbelief. I was crying with the Israelites, "Is God with us or not?" Did the experience precede the Word or did…

  • There Was a Time

    I believed that no rebuke, criticism, nor counter-attack was necessary for people who made irrational, idiotic, hateful, or illogical statements including those relying upon fiction because they would expose their irrationality to rational minds who would see through their statements.

  • Redemption Road – Persia, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Egypt, Nazareth

    Out of that context, God gave us His Son to create a new race of mankind.

  • Wrong Door – Wrong Store

    I had a pretty good lesson in humility and pride . It was a moment of internal embarrassment and readjustment in my thinking.

  • Wrong Door – Wrong Store

    I had a pretty good lesson in humility and pride . It was a moment of internal embarrassment and readjustment in my thinking.

  • Crossing the Bar – St. Martin in the Fields “I hope to see my Pilot face to face,When i have crossed the bar.” ——————————A lovely musical setting byPeter Amidon—————————— CROSSING THE BARBY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON Sunset and evening star,      And one clear call for me!And may there be no moaning of the bar,…

  • This Day – by Lowell Alexander This day is fragile – soon it will endAnd once it has vanished, it will not come againSo let us love with a love pure and strongBefore this day is goneThis day is fleeting when it slips awayNot all our money can buy back this daySo let us pray…

  • Speak This Blessing

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  • Shalom Aleichem – שלום עליכם Happy New Year, my friends! May 2022 be filled with serendipitous joy, abundant grace, deep insights, courageous steps, continuous comfort, jaw-dropping wonder, unfolding wisdom, leaps of faith, unbridled laughter, unhindered growth, and life-affirming moments with friends and loved ones. This is my hope and prayer for you: Shalom in the…

  • Joseph’s Side of the Story

    Joseph's Dream, Rembrandt, c. 1645   Just and Compassionate  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a…