The psalms are full of paradox; that is why I love them and relate to them so. In the same breath: "God, you beat me up badly" and "God, you have always protected me." And … "Where are you God?"… Continue reading

Sometimes there is less to say than one would think. Sometimes there is less to think than one would say. Sometimes profundity is mere redundanty.  Sometimes redundace is profundance.  What time it is, I do not fathom. I shall look… Continue reading

This is a new day, God of hope.It has not been fully formed.A million choices will frame it and fill in the blanks.Some are ours; some are others' and then …There is nature and nature's choice's.We know this, at the… Continue reading

Dear God,I hope I am not standing on the street corner praying to be seen by men.It's just easier to type some prayers and invite any who might liketo join or praywith me orfor me.You know what is in my closet.There… Continue reading

  1. Evaluate – Is there something in my thinking that is getting the results I do not want? 2. Excavate – What is the source of that thinking? Is it possible that I am moving on a belief about… Continue reading

  Elements melting with fire … heavens set ablaze and dissolving. These are images from 2 Peter 3:8-15.   We had a taste of fire this week.   California has been on fire for months.   We experience firestorms in… Continue reading

I walk slowly through the morning …Adagio.Otherwise, I must run and,Though running is good,It is not …Now.Now is slow …Like snow … flakes falling,So my falling thoughts …Heaven sent must have a place to fallUpon.Fall on me, thoughts and wordsof… Continue reading

“But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.” – Amos 5:24  It is as if Amos were here with us today. His words sing out the song of “judgment” or “justice.” It is a strong… Continue reading

Psalm 20:1 – May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. In the spirit of blessing and benediction, we come to pray for a friend. Such a prayer… Continue reading

Psalm 21:1 – O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give! The truest and noblest kind of joy is always rooted in who God is and what God does. Human… Continue reading