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  • Access is Justice – Don’t Freeze Me Out

    Photo by Jan Antonin Kolar on Unsplash     Unjust rulers in ruthless, raw, Unbridled violence, lust for awe. Power corrupting, peace disrupting, Wickedness abounding, hate erupting. This is life one sighs, but perseveres. There is but One our heart reveres.   "Rulers have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe…

  • Found

    We think about the parables in Luke 15 as being about lostness. But the real emphasis is on being FOUND. What joy. Listen: Read: Luke 15:1–3, 11b-32 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners…

  • Over the Rainbow

    I love this version of Judy garland singing "Over the Rainbow." The pathos is present and it is the most beautifully moving of all of her performances. With the pain, there is longing, and through the longing, there is a glimmer of hope that extends itself. This performance of a "Somewhere" speaks to the human…

  • The Covenant

    Our Covenant Together – Step One – Personal Conversion An Outline of  Romans 6:1-11, New International Version (NIV) What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you…

  • Cracked Pots and a Strong Fortress

    I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery. – Psalm 31:12 God uses them to let the light in and out. “ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” – II Corinthians 4:7 Listen to Leonard…

  • Stay sharp

    We need an active sense of humor during tough times. What do you call a pig that does karate?A pork chop. Why did the bike fall over?It was two tired. Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?In case he got a hole in one. What did the policeman say to his belly button?You’re…

  • Stay sharp

    We need an active sense of humor during tough times. What do you call a pig that does karate?A pork chop. Why did the bike fall over?It was two tired. Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?In case he got a hole in one. What did the policeman say to his belly button?You’re…

  • Stay sharp

    We need an active sense of humor during tough times. What do you call a pig that does karate?A pork chop. Why did the bike fall over?It was two tired. Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?In case he got a hole in one. What did the policeman say to his belly button?You’re…

  • Oscar Romero – The Saint Who Shepherded His People Even When It Led Through the Valley of Death

    Oscar Romero took this example of Jesus seriously and sought to follow the Good Shepherd as a loving under-shepherd. He could not be like the hireling and run away when his people were suffering, being oppressed, and being murdered by the state. On this day, in 1980, he laid down his life for the sheep…

  • Gardens and Dust

    Three Mediations on Selected Verses from Genesis 3