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What really matters is truth and truth is obvious.

In our system, the people are the highest authority and have the most profound responsibility to ask even the unanswerable questions and to press for what answers there may be.

God is a gardener and we are gardeners. There is much to be done and much to pray.

Photo by Mohamed Awwam on Unsplash The BIG Deal About Fatherhood It is a BIG deal. B – We recognize the BEST of manhood in a good father. It is the best of manhood because it is an expression of the image of God in Him where he exercises the gifts that flow from the…

Some days I weary of having a point of view. All truth, even undeniable, indisputable, universal truth is filtered through our perspectives, shaped by experience, knowledge, language, and understanding over a lifetime. I can change my vantage and expand my view,but I haven't figured out how to    -unknow what I know,    -unsee what I see,    -unhear what I…

Every forlorn and desperate psalm is an invitation for us to come to God in very honest prayer.

Indeed, we must dream – we must do so wide awake, alert, eyes focused, never wavering, always pursuing, moving, stepping up and stepping forward, joyously embracing each tomorrow and those with whom we share those tomorrows. We must dream.

Another hashtag from a year ago was #WhatIDontNeedIn5Words. It propelled several thoughts from me. It might be fun to revive it. Here were mine:

Another hashtag from a year ago was #WhatIDontNeedIn5Words. It propelled several thoughts from me. It might be fun to revive it. Here were mine:

We need more than ever before and we lack more than ever before.