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  • A Rest?

    Given the fact that not all people have the exact same political convictions (not even all solid Evangelical Christians), that our country is more important than our individual views, and that we have been through a nasty, hostile, and polarizing political season, I have a suggestion and request. Let's give it a rest. Relationships are…

  • Peace

    Peace cannot be defined by what it is not. It is not the absence of conflict. It is more. It is not the cessation of violence. It is that which creates an atmosphere where violence cannot exist. Peace is well being, within and without. It is wholeness and holiness. Peace is what we deeply desire…

  • Profundities – Number 1

    If I ever write a book of profound thoughts, it will be a collection of deep thinking collected in unlikely places like the thought that passed through my hollow, shallow brain the other day in the locker room at the gym. Mark it down as "words to live by." "If you are wearing high top…

  • Angry Voters

    I hear a lot about so-called angry voters this year and frankly I either have not met them or have been insensitive to them so that I did not notice their seething or the steam coming out of their nostrils.

  • To Bless

    What does it mean "to bless?" How do we bless? Here is an acronym for what it might mean for us to bless others. B = Being. We first bless by being who and what we are. It is our lives that must be channels of blessing as we are authentic, vulnerable, and transparent. L…

  • Kyrie Eleison

    via www.youtube.com Lord, Have Mercy! I pray this often. Sometimes it is when I am lifting weights. It seems a little heavy. I stop, breath, and pray. Then I do it, drawing from that which is beyond myself. My physical exercise becomes a metaphor for the greater exercise of my life and the weights I…

  • The Tongue in the Cheek

    My tongue became enlodged in my cheek  in yesterday's posting … It took some doing, but … We were able to extract it … Though still a bit sore … And gravitating toward the cheek … I think it has learned from its errors … And will lead out in a more serious post ……

  • Deep Thoughts

    Deep thoughts … I have them …

  • Opinion Anxiety

    I keep some of my opinions to myself.

  • The Hated Hero

    The Good Samaritan was a neighbor because he had compassion in his heart and acted upon  He came to the rescue of one who had been reckless and careless in his travels and had suffered devastating loss. He acted with mercy after the broken man had been ignored by one who put ritual before service…