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Impacting the world by taking a chariot ride … Rembrandt, The Baptism of the Eunuch, c. 1626. “And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.“ -  from Acts 8:26-39 Phillip woke up one morning unaware of the…

Psalm 22:24 – For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help. The God we praise is a God of loving compassion. He knows. He cares. He heals. He listens intently to His people and…

From the past, we learn.For the future, we yearn. But in the present, we earn the capacity to discern. Missing the moment dislodges us from our pivot, disrupts our view, displaces our perspective, distances us from reality, and disconnects us from both past and future. Moments are what we have right now. Tricky as they…

  "But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." - Matthew 5:37  Terri was straining to hear me in a meeting. That does not happen to me often. Perhaps she was trying to read my lips because she asked me to move the vase of roses…

I am captured by the words, "on that very day." After 430 years in Egypt, a new day arrives. What is "that very day" for you today? I know that you probably don't know and I don't know, but there is marker and it may be for you to discover today … if not with…

When he awoke from his despair,Daylight spoke; the sky was fair.April pierced the winter night.Faith had come, restoring sight. Jesus, hope of dying men,Mover of the heart and pen,Move my heart to pen some phase,That may return to Thee as praise.Amen.   At the crux of the cross is the Christ,Rising above culture,Towering over civilization,Crying…

We only have so much mental, physical, and emotional energy. If we spend it, it is spent. If we spend it fretting about something that takes care of itself, then we have wasted it. Evil doers, their successes, their deeds, and their devices have an expiration date. We all do. They, as we, set their…

Where is the wide place, the place of latitude, creativity, individual expression, freedom, and joy? It is not in the realm of structure-less ambiguity or undefined purpose. It is within the safety and stability of truth. There we find a wide place. " and I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought…