Perhaps there are other choices. But this is the only one that makes sense to me. Call it adaptability. Call it resilience. Call it courage. Call it pragmatism. Call it faith (because it requires faith and hope and a lot… Continue reading

I am awake.What a delightful surprise,A twist of events that I embrace.I would say shocking, but that would mean a stopping.It is a stirring.I greet this morning with wonder and anticipation.For those who wondered, I am well.For those who assumed… Continue reading

What is the meaning of it?Why do I suffer?Why do good people have so many problems?Why do the wicked Prosper? (the psalmist question)Why me? Are they surface questions or pathways to the deeper question of "meaning in the midst?" Does… Continue reading

  Unbridled joy is such a rarity that it is often viewed with suspicion and offense, but it is, in reality, a sacrament of the highest order in that it is an expression of pure grace. The etymology of the… Continue reading

Do justice, love kindness, walk humbly with God – a favorite life verse of mine with a fresh bluegrass interpretation that you'll love and sing and an even fresher insight from verse 1: What if we live in an environment… Continue reading

I once posted a blooper in a social media platform that I could not correct. In my flawed messages I said that something was going "know where." It was not my first blooper. Nor was it the only one I… Continue reading

What is :"The Jesus thing to do?" We may not always be able to influence what local, state, and national governments do, but we can bear witness, exercise influence, and govern our own actions based upon God's moral law and upon… Continue reading

You really do need to take a break from serious thoughts from time to time and laugh at absurdity if you intend to survive with a sound mind. I'm serious. Humor is no laughing matter. Recently, we lost Mary Tyler… Continue reading

  Frayed and tattered Faded, shattered Vacuumed vitality Stark reality Sound the alarm, but be not alarmed. A cry, a sigh, but none to say, "why." It just is and it is and it is what it is and  What… Continue reading

  Luke 10:3 – Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. The costly commission to follow Jesus and to go forth as His ambassadors is so controversial as to appear adversarial. Jesus warns us to… Continue reading